I've flown a few trips with a pilot who was on the recruitment team for many years. He told me that AA is, in fact trying to get as many military pilots as possible into the door, and that they are attempting to get roughly a 50/50 civilian vs military hiring ratio. Considering most Flows are civilian, and they make up roughly half of the new hires, AA has balanced that with military pilots comprising 87% of the 2019 off the street new hires so far.

He also told me that they (AA) are well aware that the military pool of pilots will shrink significantly over the upcoming years, so they are front loading as many as they can now. The number of civilian trained pilots will increase markedly over the next few years as the military pool drains and the flow through numbers remain stagnant or even decrease.