This is not true. AA hired only a little more than 100 pilots off the street last year. This year, its only going to be about 300 OTS hires. Take out the slots that go to military, specially connected, and others with "special qualifications" and that leaves us with about 100 off the street position for the average pilot for the entire year. That is a three percent of those seeking employment. Say what you want about PSA flow, its still better than 3%. Going 2017 forward, AA will be back to around 350 - 400 OTS hires, but one will still be competing with thousands of other pilots.