rickair7777,

You make some good posts on this board, and I agree with most things that you say. However, I believe I've seen you mention "upgrading to AA" more than once, and I don't like to see that type of misinformation going around, especially when they fall on naive ears of airline pilot newbies and wanabies.

The flow-through (which I'm assuming you are referencing) is DEAD. I believe the agreement ends next year, and while I have been an ex-Eagle pilot for only about 5 months now, I doubt the general consensus regarding the flow agreement has changed within both groups at AMR (i.e. Eagle and AA). No one really wants to keep it. AA guys (and TWA guys for that matter) don't want Eagle pilots on their property anymore than Eagle pilots wanted AA flow backs on theirs. The agreement NEVER worked as it was supposed to, and last I heard everyone wanted it to die.

So for anyone that is looking to go to Eagle; first I'd say just don't go. IMHO the place is a career killer, unless you WANT to stay at that regional the rest of your life and have no ambition for bigger and better things. Second, DO NOT listen to anyone that touts the "flow agreement" between AA and Eagle. It didn't work, doesn't work, and will never work for the Eagle pilot group. I'm not absolute with the figures, but I believe only a little over 100 pilots actually flowed up to AA when there should have been something like 600+ to flow. Both AA and Eagle management screwed the pilot group. Some of whom stayed at Eagle, passing up other opportunities, because they thought they would actually flow up to AA. Now that will never happen for them. Also, the agreement bit Eagle FOs in the a** because the AA pilots (and TWA pilots contrary to the contract) flowed down into Eagle. The number was something like 400 or 500 last I heard. That's a huge difference when you look at how many pilots flowed up to AA. This put a severe hardship on the Eagle FOs (and one of the main reasons I left) because they will not see an upgrade for 5, 10, or more years (IMHO) because a "flow back" occupies their seat on the left side of the aircraft.

Anyway, rickair I appreciate your input, but please refrain from dispersing false or distorted info regarding the AA-Eagle flow agreement.