Originally Posted by
Cujo665
Talked about, yes.... but there are the numbers to show it's happening like they said it would.
Don't look now, but some of your own pilots disagree with you on this.
Originally Posted by
Cujo665
Fastest way to AA will be through PDT & ENY followed by PSA. For a new guy getting into the industry, this keeps AA an option while applying everywhere else too.
The fastest way to AA may NOT be through PDT & ENY for pilots moving to either of those carriers as new-hires this year or next. THEIR projections are many years away and there are far too many variables that could impact that to make such a claim. What is more accurate to say is that next year the fastest way to AA for senior PDT & ENY pilots is indeed through the flow. Perhaps 400 of them are PROJECTED to flow then. I think your claim above is misleading.
Originally Posted by
Cujo665
For those employed elsewhere, they may as well take AA off their list unless they meet the friends, family or squadron buddy plan. That's 1/3 of the legacy jobs GONE from consideration because they chose to go to XYZ non-owned regional instead.
This is flat out untrue. The hiring stats while AA was hiring OTS indicate that the old "friends & family" plan active under a former chief pilot was NOT in play. It was mix of pilots from different backgrounds and all were well represented including military, civilian, regional, intern and even civilian regional F/O's who didn't know anyone at AA and had no leg up.