Originally Posted by
SSlow
You're right, nobody does care at all. However you stated that "a lot of us" are flowing up because they want to work for AA, and from the pilots that I know personally (and would venture to guess this applies to pretty much everyone over there), they just want a guaranteed avenue out of the regionals and on to a career airline. That same flow thru could be to DL, UA, Alaska, FedEx, etc...and most pilots would not care any less since it's low risk and easy. Hence the path of least resistance comment. It is what it is.
And good for them, it leaves other options off the table but the general consensus is that it gets them out of the regional rat race.
I fail to see the problem with this. As long as they are a good pilot and good to work with, then why does it matter if someone chooses the safer route? Seems smart to me. Personally, I wouldn't have ever considered an LCC or ULCC because that is not where I wanted to spend the rest of my career and didn't want to risk getting stuck there. Also I promise that there was nothing easy about working at Envoy for 8.5 years, but it got me to where I ultimately wanted to be, so I'm grateful for the opportunity that it gave me.