who cares what they say? What matters is what they do, and 95% of AA pilots that stay until 65 now, will stay until they turn 67 or 68 too. And by the way, about 95% of AA Pilots who retired so far in 2023, were age 65 mandatory retirements. Over 90% were age 65 in 2022 as well.

knowing AA they will stop hiring completely until 6 months prior to the new mandatory retirement date. AA is too scared of being ahead of any kind of trend in the industry, especially hiring trends. Only hiring AA will do is to cover for any aircraft deliveries that may or may not get delivered from Boeing or Airbus.