Originally Posted by
chrisreedrules
AA announced they are hiring 1,000 in 2019. They have traditionally come pretty close to their goals. The WOs aren’t likely to increase the amount of pilots flowing for the immediate future (though that may change) so that means more off the street hires. AA is retiring over 75% of its current seniority list by 2032. Anyone hired in the next 4-5 years can expect a 3-5 year wait for right seat of a widebody and about 4-6 years to upgrade to CA on a narrow body...
Those numbers look good on paper, but reality says something else. 10 people from Republic have been hired at AA this year, and all of them are prior military.