Originally Posted by
diva
No more AA street hires for the forseeable future. Classes will be filled with Envoy pilots & recalls.
It's a good time to be a Envoy pilot!
Only till later this year (Fall) is what I'm hearing, so while it may be a good time to be one of the "824", it's not necessarily a good time to be a junior Envoy pilot.
AA will be deferring 30-something Airbus fleet deliveries for several years, so AA narrow body fleet count will drop which will likely negatively impact Envoy's E-175 option abilities. PBS and some returning recalls next year will combine to increase the liklihood of flow stagnation which is not good for AA regionals, but good for AAG as it may alleviate some of their regional pilot attrition at a critical time next year. Parker keeps talking capcity restraint, so this isn't surprising.
In this business and profession, situations change rapidly and nothing can be counted on until it happens.