Originally Posted by
Duffman
Flew with a guy a few weeks ago who got hired by Fedex and turned them down. He was within a year of flowing and AA offered better QoL, bases, etc for his situation, so I guess when the situation became real he and his wife decided to wait out the flow.
This is essentially what I was saying in an earlier post. There are A LOT of guys that by the time their apps are competitive, they're also close to flowing. If AA is their preferred destination, they just wait it out. And that, I can understand.
I've even flown with a couple pilots who AA wasn't their preferred destination and when their preferred destination (United for one, Delta for the other) finally called when they were a few months from flowing, they were miffed enough at "NOW you're interested?" that they just went ahead and flowed. Now I think THAT is nuts.