Originally Posted by
QuagmireGiggity
By sacrificing seniority what I mean is if you are going to get hired at a flow airline you will have to wait many years to get over there. Meanwhile if you go get some PIC and make the effort you could get hired off the street or DAL, UAL a lot faster. Retirements will really start to sky rocket around 2019.
Going the flow route has it's merits.. you may not get hired at all so it can be a sort of insurance policy but will sacrifice some seniority.
Since you ask about best option to AA specifically I would probably play it safe and go to a flow airline but still make the effort to get hired straight off the street. It's an individual choice though. Too many factors like where ya want to live and what not.
Your reasoning would make sense however PSA's upgrade is 1.5 years and Piedmont's is going to be less then a year. So if you're saying going to those airlines and upgrading fast and getting PIC time that Delta and United won't touch you.
