Originally Posted by
idlethrust
American can and will hire off the street.You do not need to come from a WO to get there.That is a BIG misconception that is out there and it's simply not true.
In addition, American is not the only airline in the world. United, Delta,some LLC's,corporate gigs ,Fed Ex,Ups all offer just as much if not more than American. 5or 6 years from now a flow won't matter anyway I promise you
We will all have moved on and most regionals will be gone anyway
This is where I think you are wrong. Although what you describe is somewhat true today, it won't work in the near future. American wants to protect their regional feed as long as possible. The only way that works assuming they do not cancel the flow agreements is to make anyone, and I'm talking military too, go through their regional partners for a few years and flow up.
The only way around this is to cancel the flow, integrate the wholly owned's directly into American as employees, or force movement through their regionals thereby creating a new rung on the career ladder.
If you see it differently, I would like to debate it with you. What is your argument?