Originally Posted by Name User

I worked for a US Airways Express carrier and often commuted on Eagle. I was hired at US with the merger am now at AA.

Eagle has always been a class act operation as far as pilots go. I really don't know enough about the culture except from those I've worked with at AA who have told me about it.

Every last one has said AA is much better. You really can't compare the two, two completely different companies.

As far as my time here things have only gotten better. The people complaining about any sort of issues most likely bring it on themselves. They are the guys complaining about having to count their money because it takes them too long to do so now.

By far the biggest complaint on our ***** board is bonuses. Yet the union voluntarily gave them up. They didn't want them.

I'm in my fifth year and will make $180k plus over $25k in company 401k contributions. I'll take my regular vacation and regularly get 8-9 days off in a row in my lines. Sure it would be nice to have a large bonus but honestly we make a lot of money for what we do, especially considering a few years ago I wouldn't have cracked six figures unless I worked down to eight days off a month. The hotels we stay in are soooo much better than the crap I stayed in for years at Express. Training is a breeze and extremely low stress. Recurrent is very laid back. I can't stress enough don't listen to the idiots who complain, they will complain about anything, they will never be happy.