Originally Posted by AZFlyer

Not to open this can of worms again, but just an anecdotal viewpoint. I know quite a few pilots from WOs that have been hired outside of the flow and 100% of them fall within one of two categories: LCA with other notable resume qualifiers OR Mom/dad is a captain/LCA/CP at AA.

Of those that I know hired because of their lineage to a current AA pilot, there is a surprising number of them that failed some aspect of the interview/application process or had black marks in their personnel file from the WO and were still pushed forward and hired. These same folks also would not have been competitive to be interviewed and hired off the street compared to those that normally get hired.

It is what it is and I'm working on getting up and out as well (I just wish I had a mommy or daddy CA at AA! )