Originally Posted by
PurdueFlyer
Absolutely, why would AA want to flow an Eagle pilot or hire a PSA pilot? It creates a training cycle. Hiring from another regional will most likely not do that unless that pilot flies under the American Eagle brand.
Mainline management will protect their regional feed and delay the flow as long as possible. They are already metering Eagle and delaying PSA interviews until the last possible moment (they could still violate the agreement)
Absolutely, the smart play is to hire from pools outside of what American Airlines owns. It makes zero sense to destroy your own wholly owned regional airline. That is not in the best interests of American Airlines or their shareholders- and let's face it- that's why a company does what it does, to answer to share holders. It makes a lot more sense to destroy your competitions regional airline by hiring their talent away.
I'm pretty sure I'm right on this, flow through and shiny jets are 2 things you should not be taking any concessions on. They are both promises of things that may or may not ever happen.