AA is now canceling/suspending classes. If the company follows suit with the rest of the industry, we’ll be lucky to see classes mid-summer. That said, every month classes are postponed adds precious time to your flow date and is actually costing you tremendous amounts of money in the short term (time-value of money invested) and also in the long-term due to earnings potential at the end of your career relative to the age 65 retirement age.

Hiring will resume someday.* AA retirements can offset some of the cuts to the system in the short term.


*AA is in dire financial trouble and lacks the liquidity to financially weather this storm if it lasts more than a handful of months. Bankruptcy is already being floated by financial analysts. United’s net bookings are down 70% for April alone; if this holds true for AA, grab the popcorn and possibly an updated resume.