Vulcanike

Hi there. I'm brand new to this forum, and if you are a pilot for American Airlines, do you think you could answer a few questions for me? Here they are:

1. What is your name (if you don't mind) and why did you go with American?
2. What routes are flown particularly by senior captains (aka hardest to bid for)?
3. Describe briefly the types of training starting from day 1 at American to being a fully line qualified pilot?
4. What is the hardest part of training and how did you overcome it?
5. What happens if a pilot experiences recurrent problems with any of their checking events?
6. What advice would you give me to prepare for training once I start my airline career?

Clint

No offense, but the tone of your questions infers that you are nowhere near starting an airline career, as some of these questions are obvious or unnecessary for anybody who is. That said, here are a couple simple answers because I don't think the detailed answers will do you too much good at this point.

If I wanted my name displayed, I would have made it part of my profile.
Why American? It's one of the big three, best domiciles for me.
The ones that make the most money with the least time at work. If you haven't started your career, why would this be important to you, let alone your second question?
Two weeks of ground training, two weeks of simulator training followed by a simulator checkride, two qualification trips totaling 25 hours of flight.
If you have the qualifications to get to training, you most likely won't find any of it hard. Learning the systems is probably the most challenging.
He generally won't proceed to a checkride until he is ready and there is a high level of confidence that he will pass. If he has a problem, he re-accomplishes the event.
Study

Cheddar

Something is a bit off. Like Clint said - no offense but can you please list your name and press credentials, and then perhaps one of us can refer you to the appropriate AAG PR outlets.

I’ll answer #6 though - If you are looking to begin your aviation career - there’s honestly a lot more to worry about than starting an ‘airline career.’ Go to your local FBO (if you have to ask, you’re definitely not ready to worry about the airlines) and ask about a discovery flight.

- Cheddar




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Cheddar

There’s also another forum that a lot of international press frequent.

The decorum of this forum prohibits me from linking - but it’s something about a network for pilots that are professionals... that love rumors! Ohhhhhhh, the irony.




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TransWorld

Part of the answer to the last question, go get a 4 year college degree. If you want to get hired by one of the "big 3", which includes American, you need it. As I have said before, the odds of getting hired by them without one are between slim and none. And slim just left town. (Having said that, about 1 in 500 do not have one -- not the odds I would want to place a bet on.)

TQ Nola

Wow, some amazing patience on display here.

Since you're obviously new to this forum, and also forums in general given the nature of the homework you gave us in your first post, I have a numbered list for you as well:

1. Never use your first post on any forum to give homework to those already on the forum.

That's about it, really. A fairly short list.

Quarryman

Aw heck, maybe he's a kid doing a school project and needs some help for his report.

itsmytime

Seeing as he's never returned to the forum, I'd guess it's a scammer.

TheRaven

Saw a post very similar to this one recently on another forum.....guy disappeared there too.

AFPirate