Originally Posted by
eaglefly
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.
The problem is that if there's stagnation on the AA regionals, people will keep going to other places.
FOs are moving out to better places. Jr CAs are moving to better places. AA is not the only place, the only people that will stay here are the ones waiting for the flow or the one that don't want to apply.