Originally Posted by
ZeroTT
As for the WO's paused flow for operational necessity, that would really open the attrition floodgates. AA would instead lose a multiple of the number they saved to literally everyone else in the airline universe. ULCC's are hiring, big 6 are hiring, ACMI are hiring. Other regionals likely to be poaching experienced captain-capable pilots. The only way this ends well is if they make people WANT to stay at the WO's.
Personally, I don't "want" to stay anywhere unless I am building seniority and longevity at a legacy airline that will be the last that I ever work for. I want to work towards the top of the list, and that is it.
I can't get that at a regional.