Originally Posted by Dunkin

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Originally Posted by Mesabah


You're basically stuck going through one of their regionals to get to AA if not from the military, or extremely well connected. I haven't heard of anyone getting on at AA from Endeavor, whereas Delta and United are taking the most of our guys. United is taking guys who got the double no from the DAL SSP.

I think this is very smart on the part of Dougie, he is ensuring he has pilots to fly at these 12/4 rates. If you say it is dumb, and people will leave, well, that just simply makes an AA WO regional even more attractive for a newbie.




That is correct. It was a great move on multiple accounts for AA. Not only will the have the cheapest regional feed for many years, they will also have the recruiting advantage over Delta and United with a decreasing pilot supply pool. It will be tough to get on at AA as a civilian pilot if you are not at one of the three wholly owned airlines. It would be interesting if UAL or DAL decided to hire hundreds of PSA/PDT/ENV pilots in just a few months span and force AA to cancel flights.