Old 12-11-2007, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by nicholasblonde View Post
I don't think you can make an analogy between being a new hire at XJet and a new hire at AE.

XJet has a shorter upgrade, much less expensive labor costs since their captains are newer/lower on the payscale, and a better fleet. In addition as was mentioned before, CAL is still hiring XJet guys, causing movement and keeping labor costs down.

XJet can bid and do branded flying for 10-20%+ less than AE could, due to their vastly different cost structure.

Unless AA gives them darn near exclusive rights to their feeder flying, and starts hiring off their captains, I still don't think it's going to be a good place to start a career.


But 9E is that much better of a place?
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