Originally Posted by sublime259

100% right. To add to that, United and Delta have been full steam ahead in hiring off the street with the average age of a new-hire in the low 30's. AA, on the other hand, has hired a fraction of what the others have with the average age being in the high 40's due to flow thru's who have been waiting for 16 plus years. Personally, I'd rather know I'm going to AA, where my seniority will surely sky-rocket.