Originally Posted by PRS Guitars

As others said, I wouldn't wait. The main reason to me is that you aren't really an AA pilot until your first day of class. If some event happened and they CNX Classes for for awhile (think 911) you could loose the CJO.

You will easily be able to mitigate the pain of commuting with Mil leave.

Here are a few positives about LUS. You will make second year pay 2 months earlier, which adds up over your first 12 years. You'll get a DC contribution your first year to your 401K, probably $6 to $9k. By the way, they actually pay you that while you are on mil leave. So if you take a month of mil leave, you'll earn nothing at the airline but still get 5 or $600 in your 401k. Compound the 401k over 30 years and that first year will actually be pretty significant. You'll fly an AB or 190, both are very pilot friendly and easy to fly, plus the training is easy (you definitely do not "build the plane"). The commute from DFW is easy, I recomend PHL over CLT for better QOL.

By the way, I certainly hope they fix the DC issue and LOS for AA guys.