Originally Posted by
FlyGuy2112
At the end of the day if AA wants the flow to be attractive they’ll have to keep increasing the flow. Envoy can keep saying no for now but they’ll come a time when daddy Doug won’t give them a choice.
If AA demands that its regional feeders send more of their experienced pilots over they're just going to end up cancelling flights due to staffing. Metering the flow is a delicate process, it needs to be high enough to bring people in the door at the wholly owneds despite less than top pay and QoL, but not so high that they can't staff their regional flying.
Besides, if hiring is really going to pick up as you say that they'll be forced to increase flow, it should be easy for us to get to AA through the front door, right? Let's not pretend AA (or any of the mainlines in the US) doesn't have thousands of applicants at their disposal to tap into. They can be picky. For now.