Originally Posted by
Sliceback
AA’s OTS was 44% in 2017. Flow was 56%.
Hiring 925 announced for 2018 = 407 OTS.
Mil took 79% of the OTS slots in 2017. If those percentages don’t change that leaves 85 civilian OTS slots.
Building on Slice’s perspective:
For AA 2017 had 360 Flows, 225 OTS Mil, and 60 OTS civilian. This totaled 645 hires.
For AA 2018 hiring is forecast 925. That is 280 more than last year.
How much of an increase in Flows? I know there are a few increases based on sliding scales, but not that much.
How much of an increase in OTS Mil? Are Military hires pretty well maxed out? If they are, then to hire more AA would have to take ‘market share’ from the other airlines.
My guess is there will be an increase in the OTS Civilian for AA, and it will result in a somewhat higher fraction of the overall hires. Still not a big percentage, but more than 85 (projected based on the same percentage as last year.)