Originally Posted by
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AA is only going to hire about 75 non-military pilots off of the street this year. The rest are going to be military and flows.
For 5 of those 75 to have come from PSA outside of the flow is a pretty good percentage. Those that were taken were recruiters and a chief pilot.
I can't say that it will happen again next year, but that is where we stand this year.
Fair point, but my point is likelihood of being hired at one of the, say, big 6. Would you say it is more likely to be hired at American or one of the others? Frankly, when a guy is sitting at PSA waiting to make the move to a career airline they could care less about the overall percentage of OTS hires coming from PSA.
I guess in a sense you proved my point since I didn't know the exact number. Very few people get hired at AA outside of the flow; many, many more get hired at Delta, United, SWA, FedEx, and UPS.
Again, if you already have a low percentage chance of getting hired at AAL then why not go to a wholly owned AA carrier where you probably won't get hired outside the flow anyway. Not to mention that (God forbid) things turn sour on the hiring front you have the flow to hold cling onto.
Just one man's opinion, worked for me... hopefully it works for you.