Originally Posted by aa73

AA does its wings handout completely separate from the new hire dinner ceremony, which is done on day 1 of new hire indoc.
When I was a new hire back in Feb 2000, we had the new hire dinner the evening of day 1. Fancy dinner at the DFW Hyatt Regency with your wife or significant other, presentation of each new hire, etc.

You didn’t get your wings until you completed the last leg of OE, at which point the CKA made a big production of pinning on the wings.
They really made you earn the wings at AA, which I kinda liked. Not sure how it’s done today, maybe all that has changed.