The best pilots like to take their Embraer products off roading.

This thread brought back memories. Eagle interview in 1999 involved a full day of events including a sim eval in the KC-135. Astronaut physical after that—and I mean thorough. Maybe they should go back to that? LOL

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Same for me in 1993. I had a really good experience in the sim check, kind of a once in a lifetime kind of deal.


Its really too bad that the reality of the whole life at AMR/Eagle/AA didn't even come close to the level of professionalism that I got during the sim check and oral. Polar opposites really.

When I left there that day, I knew I had met, and been sim checked by a REAL, Old School, American Airlines Senior Line Captain. It really made an impression upon me.




Capt. Wells, I will never forget you. Thank you Sir!

I so clearly remember my sim check in the older, original wing of the Flight Academy back in 1991. I believe it was a bona-fide 707 sim. The retired AA captain conducting the sim check had a head full of white hair and seemed to be 75 years old to my 26 year old self at the time. He made me feel at ease though. Fun ride. Really enjoyed it.

Yes the old schoolhouse. Wasn’t that a KC-135 sim? At least that’s what I was told. I don’t know the differences. Some years later I walked past it and there were technicians pulling it apart. A guy in my class got one of the yokes.

Yep, the door way to the sim is still in the building on the first floor against the wall in the hall. Covered in squadron stickers.

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Partly true. It was a 707 sim that the Military used for training. Not sure how they changed the flight deck if at all. I was down for recurrent many years back and saw John Travolta using it. Flew it back in 84 but can't remember if it had a visual or camera board. It might have been updated through the years IDK.

Sooo whats the word for april 1st over there at AA?

Warn Letters out again after posting major loss announcement this week per union rep.

may want to call a different rep.