Originally Posted by billyho

Put it this way. If you want to work for American Airlines probably the only route will be through one of the 3 WO's or being a Military Pilot. It will be hard as hell coming from another regionals. There are many AWAC, ExpressJet and a few others regionals pilots I know that American hired and them knowing for a fact that they were lucky to get hired 3 years ago because that Door is now shut.

However not everyone wants to work for American and that leaves Delta/United and few others. Have a job for sure in your back pocket at American can be nice if that's what you want when selecting an American WO'ed.