Ignoring the trolliness of your account, you pose a valid question that is often asked.

The response I always give is that getting new hires isn't the pilots problem. We signed a contract that has a certain number of pilots flowing to AA each month. How management deals with staffing the airline under the terms of the agreement is up to them.

So far they have increased FO pay (via a retention bonus and a new hire bonus). They are still selling the flow hard in recruiting. However, it would appear base and aircraft type are what's driving the new hire numbers. When that stops working, they'll have to come up with something else. But it will be managements problem to deal with, not the pilots.


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