Originally Posted by
FlyingPig105
So as one of the "coveted" ATP rated potential new hires looking to return to the industry...it seems obvious to me that a flow to a major would stifle movement at an airline and make upgrade a lot longer. Pilots will stay longer and wait for the flow rather than seek employment at another major. True or false? Also, if you want to work for the major you would flow into wouldn't you get there quicker if you worked at an airline without flow? Envoy will soon only get 35% then 25% of AA new hires that means 65% to 75% of new hires will not be from Envoy.
Anyone...anyone...Bueller?
Incorrect. 50% now, it will go down to 35% probably for 2 months. Then 50% until Oct 2011 hire.
From that guy to the latest new hire, there's less than 200 pilots. About 100 of them are 35% of AA slots.
You can get hired off the street into AA from envoy. I talked to a guy that just finished up A-320 training. He told me his class was mostly flow guys (ENY/PSA/PDT), about 5-7 military and 2 or 3 from other airlines. He's was a 747 CA in a ACMI carrier.
For Delta and Endevour Interview might be different. I don't know if they can get hired OTS.
I was in the WAI conference and the competition is hard. AA talked a lot about the envoy flow and how we get a lot of the slots.