Originally Posted by
coodrough568
I think your equation misses the fact that the WO pilot has 1) already been making them money for a few years, so they’ve probably already paid off that training cost at AA and re-recruiting cost at the WO, and 2) (for what little it’s worth) we’ve been using the same FOM/AOM and are familiar with DECS/CCI and all the other out dated junk AA runs on
You seriously think AA HR gives the north end of a southbound rat that you have ‘probably already paid off’ the training and re-recruiting cost at the WO? That positively reeks of the ‘sunk cost’ fallacy. Management types know better than that.
If AA seriously valued you as a major resource they could easily have a consolidated pilot seniority list that would start as new WO hire. Or they could just NOT meter the flow to limit it. But they don’t want that.
Moving you up to the major is still AN AVOIDABLE INCREMENTAL COST to AA that they do not incur when they hire military or OTS, and neither of those groups has had any serious difficulty coping with the FOM/AOM or other AA/WO procedures.
Face it, the purpose of the flow is to staff the WO. The major could easily - and more cheaply - be staffed simply with OTS and ex-military hires. At least once all the furloughed at the major are recalled.
