Wow man, forgive me for being frank. We did come to AE as a stepping stone, one that had historically been a three to five year stepping stone. Some of us have been furloughed, displaced, downgraded, base closed over the last 10 yes 10 years. We don't have a single hour of turbine PIC to show for it. Without TPIC your odds of going anywhere are slim to none. Yes some have left without PIC, but in this market it's next to impossible. Many of us have tried to leave for years, none of us get a phone call.

Let's say you are supposed to fly to ORD or JFK on your last leg of 6 days on. If there are delays at your destination airport (DFW JFK ORD etc.) there is a good chance that you will taxi out and shut down for over an hour, perhaps return to the gate and cancel. I have heard from the coordinators mouth that SOC will frequently give your (slot) away to an American flight, and cause you to be delayed or cancel. The goal is to inconvenience as few customers as possible, so delay the small airplane. AMR having control over Eagle allows them to do this on a daily basis. This will cause you to miss your flight home, lose a day off or miss that episode of "Airline" you've been waiting so patiently for. AMR is not the only company to do it, just know that being wholly owned has it's cons too. Oh and we are forbidden to get new aircraft by our 16 year contract, so the only way up is if guys/gals leave. Other than career changes practically none have left in the last 5 years. It's grim man, I'm not trying to get in your face, I'm just doing to you what I wish someone had done to me 9 years ago.