if true, then you are even less insightful than I thought. But I’ll give you some help:

Every posting that does not deny a falsehood is not an affirmation of the veracity of that falsehood.

In fact, I have no contempt for AA. I am, through my Vanguard Primecap shares, a stockholder in AA. Prior to COVID many of the decisions that AA management made - like fleet modernization - were entirely reasonable ones. Nobody has the ability to predict black swans, that’s why they call them black swans. It’s not a crime and nobody is guilty, but that doesn’t change the facts on the ground.

Combined with some of those actions the timing of the COVID induced hit has left AA more economically vulnerable than the other legacies and all of them more economically vulnerable than SWA. That’s not just my opinion but it is a consensus opinion of most of the financial community as shown by multiple rating agencies. Me wishing it were different won’t drive my Primecap shares any higher.

But accepting that reality is far different than being contemptuous of anyone. If anyone cannot understand that it’s unfortunate for them, not me.

 

She left about a year ago.

 

Serious question: Did anyone at any of the WO regionals NOT think that flow or similar career progression schemes were intended to keep the respective regional staffed? I thought it was extremely obvious, and yes even to potential new hires. Whenever I read this being explained out so as to educate others, in my mind I just feel the need to proverbially tap their shoulder and smile warmly while nodding my head sincerely and say “It’s ok....We know. Let me call the FA and see if I can buy you a water.”


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Management has its reasons, and so do pilots. Tell the guys and gals from PSA and Piedmont who flowed in just under five years that, and I’m sure they could care less what managements intentions are.

Anyway. I don’t think we’re going bankrupt

 

I viewed it as guaranteed attrition, and between the flow and OTS hiring at the LCCs we had a lot of movement from the top of the list at PSA during the before times.

 

I had a guy tell me in person that the flow was created so that AA could identify the best of the best of the best of the best very early in their careers and ensure they were locked on a path to mainline AA. This was a jumpseater. In the cockpit of another legacy.

 

And now it all becomes clear to me how I got a job at a WO!! I just assumed I was the best of the best. But now I find out I am the best of the best of the best of the best!!

Hurrah for me!!!

 

Come on now, if you really were the best of the best of the best you wouldn't be a pilot, you'd be part of MIB

https://youtu.be/OXRi28W-ENY

 

I did not take that job at MIB because the WO took my pulse first!!

You nailed it though!! I love that scene!!

 

the guy probably had his carrier blowing that same smoke up his arse during recruitment