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Old 08-30-2016 | 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Upsddown
I'm amazed at the number of junior AA pilots that have only been here a few years or less that continue to complain about being here.

Did you guys not realize when you were interviewing or chose to flow through you would start at the bottom of the list?

Did you not realize that would mean you would be on reserve?

For those that interviewed did you not let your interviewers know that you wanted to come to AA but didn't want to start all over at the bottom or be on reserve? Or did you put on that blue suit, white shirt and red tie and tell them how much you wanted to work fur AA?

If you flowed through did you let your training pilots and your chief pilots know you didn't like being at the bottom so they could make an accurate assessment about you?

You guys do amaze me. You would have done anything to get this job while flying at a regional or coming out of the military. Now you have it you ***** how bad it is.

In the next 20 years you will make more than you would have in 40 at your past job. Your pension will be double over that period.

How many of you if you could go back in time would choose to stay where you were before and not come here?

It's a shame there isn't a do over process. After three years you could chose to go back to where you came from or AA could choose to send you back.

My guess is AA would be sending a lot more back than those that chose to go back. If any at all chose to.
You have it all wrong. We are very excited about being here. This issue is that you think it was an easy route to AA. Many have paid their dues over and over struggling at the regionals with inept unions, poor management and everything that goes along with that. We don't need Senior pilots telling us how good we have it. Because we are far more aware than you think. You need to understand how selling scope has been and is the biggest negative impact you can do to the industry. Age 65/911/increasing scope has not made it an easy path to a mainline carrier. And don't forget in 2005 there were 6 mainline carriers. Now 3.
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