PSA’s flow right now for a new hire is very long, but I think AA’s plan is to keep it in the 5-6 year range for all of their wholly owneds. They don’t need to change our flow right now because we are currently flowing in said time frame. My theory is once our flow reaches the point where it’s getting closer to 7 years, AA will up the flow to match Piedmont and Envoy.

Even if our flow stays at 10 years and I had to start over and do it again there’s no way I’d be willing to only have 11-12 days off for my entire regional career just to flow quicker. If you’re single maybe, but you can’t have a family life like that. 11-12 days off sounds like a lot for a normal job, but with the airlines it feels like you’re never home. For December I only had 12 days off (by choice) to take advantage of our holiday pay at PSA, and I felt like I was gonna die if I had to do another month like that. PSA’s SAP spoils you. If you add up those extra days worked I mentioned in my earlier post, and you’re lucky enough to get out in 5 years... that adds up to a total of 10 months to 1.3 years MORE of extra work and days gone from home. That’s in just a 5 year time span. All for the same exact hours at a lower pay rate. If you’re actually wanting only 12 days off at PSA also, I would estimate you’ll make about 30k-40k more per year at PSA as a Captain. 20k-25k as an FO