Originally Posted by
nicholasblonde
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?