Originally Posted by
SheepDogg
Trust me, they got the last names of the guys that got put on the short list. Look, I’m not justifying the game or the system. If you really want to be an AA pilot, roll with the punches and stay positive. If you are the type of person to get easily frustrated and give up, you’re probably a better fit at United.
This really goes along the lines of AA's mgmt historically innate ability to say things that would be best left unsaid, despite the way they feel.
When the CEO says that PS is a dumb way to pay employees since they have little bearing on whether the company makes a profit, that should have been left unsaid, despite whether the CEO actually believes that is a fact or not.
When the briefer says that being there has little/no benefit in the pilots quest to join AA directly to the pilots who went out of their way to be there, it goes down as a fact best left unsaid. If the briefer had instead left it ambiguous, it would have at least kept hope alive, instead of feeling like your first kick in the junk by airline mgmt.