Originally Posted by
PurpleToolBox
I'm asking for a friend. Since I've been employed by a major for over 8 years, I'm out of the loop.
If you had to rank the Regionals by who would be the best to work for and offered quickest upgrade and quickest chances to the majors, who would you put in your top five?
Is it best to work for a company that offers a flow through to a major, or a company that doesn't so you could apply and possibly get hired before someone who was stuck in the flow?
Thanks to all that reply.
You'll probably get every answer under the sun...
Piedmont
PSA
Envoy
Republic
Skywest
Depends on the background of the candidate- if someone has an application that is worthy of getting hired on by a legacy and just needs a place holder job they can go wherever. If they need to build their resume or like a decent backup plan that the flow offers then an AA Wholly Owned regional is worth consideration.
I posted that list taking into account the fastest upgrades at the Wholly Owneds and shortest reserve times. Piedmont also has the fastest flow by years currently Thanks to it being small and expanding. The downside is it's got one base for its jets and it's new hires to go to and for some people that's a big deal breaker.
The two non-WOs listed have newer equipment and I know folks who are happy at each.
The Flow offers a way into American Airlines. Realistically those in the flow can and do get hired OTS at AA but those are rare occurances but those who are hired OTS have applications that would make them competitive regardless. When 50-75% of AA new hires will be coming from their WO flow throughs and the remaining OTS slots going predominantly those with military backgrounds realistically pure civilian backgrounds have a much smaller chance of an OTS hire with AA than they do with United, Delta or SWA regardless of where they currently work. The flow through keeps the AA door open for folks while they apply everywhere else.