Originally Posted by
BE24pilot
It seems to be a fair question in todays Regional hiring environment. Is it better to pursue a company with a quick upgrade, or one with a pathway to a Legacy partner? With the ultimate goal being the opportunity to land an interview, is there still a benefit to chase a quick upgrade. We are seeing more and more FO's hired directly into LCC airlines for fear that the Captains will leave to a Legacy carrier once they get an Airbus or 73 type rating. American Airlines is not looking at pilots outside of their wholly owned regionals, and Delta is hiring 70%+ of their Endeavor SSP applicants. I see a number of FFD Captains with thousands of hours of PIC time still waiting to get a call. Just wondering what others thoughts are on the subject.
AA is hiring some pilots out side of the wholly owned carriers but the numbers are limited. YTD, 70% of new hires at AA were from envoy. Throw in a few from PDT and PSA and you are left with a very few number of off the street hires at AA. Assume from THOSE numbers, there are military buddies who did their 121 time or interns who poured coffee 10 years ago. From that you may have 1 or 2 positions once every few month for pure off the street hires.