Originally Posted by chrisreedrules (Post 2872835)

And I know an LCA who’s dad was a former Chief at USAir. He had an interview with AA and also had a job offer from Delta at that time. Only place he ever really wanted to work was AA. You know what they basically told him in the interview? “If you want to go to AA you should wait to flow.” Spoiler alert he went to Delta.

Originally Posted by bababouey (Post 2872872)

This is incredibly hard to believe and goes against everyone I’ve met in the interview department, and my own experience. We don’t do much well, but we have the best interview process, don’t try to trash that.


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Originally Posted by AZFlyer (Post 2872716)

I personally know a handful of people who were hired at AA exactly because of mom/dad pulling strings for them, and said people would otherwise not have been even remotely close to competitive with the average civilian OTS hire.

More power to them mind you. It is what it is and I would take the same opportunity as well had I been in their shoes, but I can't ignore the details that I know about with regards to the circumstances some of these individuals were hired under and just pretend that they weren't effectively gifted their opportunity. Such is life.

Originally Posted by Name User (Post 2873001)

I am the first to admit I was hired at LUS because no one else really wanted to go there. My competition was not CKA, or space cadets, or Air Force One pilots. It was Joe sitting next to me in the crew room wanting to GTFO of the RJ rat race. Here's one for "team member average Joe".

Originally Posted by Cicada (Post 2873014)

That was a great move by you.
It's a fact that AA makes an effort to hire sons and daughters of their pilots. They definitely acknowledge that. Although it rankles some, I think it's a nice idea to acknowledge their legacy pilots. Some of the biggest objectors might someday agree if their sons or daughters are flying.

Originally Posted by FlyyGuyy (Post 2873019)

25 internal recs, two family members with 35+ years at usairways. Never a peep. Ended up flowing.

Originally Posted by Cicada (Post 2873028)

That had to be frustrating. How many years from start to flow?

Originally Posted by Cicada (Post 2873014)

It's a fact that AA makes an effort to hire sons and daughters of their pilots. They definitely acknowledge that.

Originally Posted by PRS Guitars (Post 2873051)

Really? Where is that acknowledged? I've heard the exact opposite from official channels...ie no preference for family or folks you've written LOR's for. It was a few years ago that I heard that statement though, so maybe its changed.