Originally Posted by
fenix1
If a pilot sought a career with American as their destination/career airline, is Envoy - as American's wholly-owned carrier - the worst possible regional they could work for?
My theory is that the progressively-deepening pilot shortage is driving the major/legacy airlines to create "systems" in which they can manage the pilots (i.e., balance between regional & mainline) as they see fit to do as much cheap flying as possible, so - in flow/agreement scenarios with a wholly-owned regional - pilots who are part of the wholly-owned regional won't get to the mainline carrier as fast as they would by applying from outside the "system." Thoughts??
I have no Part 121 experience so I would love nothing more than for the folks who have done some turns to correct me if this is a bad/incorrect way of thinking.
Are you a white male with no military experience, no aspirations of being a check airman, and nothing else to separate you from the other 15,000 John Doe's in the system? Then good luck.
I don't know where this myth comes from that legacies are just snatching guys up from the regionals once they hit 1000 hours of PIC now or in the near future. Ask Mesa pilots how that's working out for them.
Also, like others said, there's nothing that prevents you from trying to get hired off the street with AA from Envoy. I know a few that have done it, but they were all in possession of high amounts of melanin and/or estrogen.