Too funny. I also interviewed at AA in summer of 85. They had that letter you had to sign that said if you took the job but then quit, (to go to someone else) you owed them $10,000 for the Engineer ticket they gave you!
As I was sitting in the waiting room, an AA Captain snatched my paper out of my hand to read it. He threw it back at me and said, "Don't sign that! I would NEVER sign that!"
I wanted to say, "It's YOUR FAULT I HAVE TO SIGN IT, if I want the job!" (moron) but I kept my mouth shut.
They had that never ending B scale, which in addition to pay cuts, also cut the vacation and lots of other stuff for their B scale guys, where as Delta's only touched pay, and only for 5 years.
In hind sight, I probably should have taken the job at AA, vs. Delta. I'd still have a BOS base, a MIA base, still be a 777 Captain and I'd still have my retirement.
Oh well, hind sight is always 20-20.
