New hires do not get MIA. You need a year (it used to be more) to even transfer there from SJU.
While some schools do have an 'affiliation' I wonder how many grads they actually take as they only promise an interview. There were only 2 people in my new hire class that had come via programs and that's back when they were hiring in droves.
"What about flying for eagle in terms of where you will be based?"
Ummm...what does that mean exactly?
(BTW it's just "AE", not "AAE". We are owned of AMR like AA, but worlds apart...)