Originally Posted by
Skyvector
eaglefly, I'm not sure if you are aware of this but over time all 3 wholly owned AA regionals (Envoy, PSA, PDT) will together account for 50% of new hires at American. This isn't a secret. That is AA's long term plan.
The 824 and Protected Pilot group will continue to flow at a higher rate when compared to PSA and PDT. So together the 3 wholly owned Regionals make up well over half of each AA's new hire classes currently. Envoy alone is 50% minimum. After the Protected Pilot group Envoy will be a similar size to the other two, and at that point all three combined will make up 50% of new hires at AA. The other 50% will be off the street hires...most likely military pilots.
This isn't exactly secretive information. You keep making predictions regarding the long term health of the flow without realizing the long term plan has already been laid out. Just relax.
Quite calm here.....almost serene.
Thanks for the info, but I'm aware of the flow provisions. I'm not sure if YOU are aware of this, but you seem to be making predictions yourself as in stating what will occur in the future. We both are making predictions and it's my prediction that once the 824 are done and Envoy is right-sized (contracts to a smaller carrier) to approximate the growing two other WO's, the flow must and will be balanced out so that no one carrier (of three essentially equal sized carriers) will have a lopsided flow attrition mechanism. I think you are assuming the CURRENT situation as being the long-term plan, but if the three carriers will eventually be equal, it makes sense all factors are equal to ensure balance. The current situation IMO, is driven by desire to move the 824 ASAP and remove that issue from the equation.
When those changes occur, relax. You'll eventually get to AA should you be determined to be an loser like me who couldn't get hired elsewhere, but the question is when and the variables in play and the future make up of the WO's will alter your present assumption about what is happening today. I understand the desire to believe Envoy is superior to others, but it's just business and there are no kings of the hill here, only temporary occupiers of the crest.
Good Luck !