Originally Posted by Dunkin

With the huge wave of retirements in the next 5 years it’s going to be tough to grow much if at all. All the new hires will just be replacing those leaving, plus the training center will be maxed out on upgrades, initials, and transition events. I’d bet most of the incoming 787s will be replacing the old 777s and 5 years from now we’ll still be at 13,500-14,000 pilots.

Originally Posted by El Peso

A year ago I would’ve disagreed with you. Looking around today 1.5 years into the pandemic, and I don’t see a need for more long-haul wide bodies for a long time. Grandpa in the White House continues to ban vaccinated Europeans from entry. Asian theatre isn’t even beginning to move in the reopening direction. Australia and New Zealand are aiming for zero COVID cases and are basically impossible to fly to anymore. That leaves South America and domestic wide body flying.

Originally Posted by Al Czervik

Pilot hiring resumes, additional hiring planned for 2022

Ahead of tomorrow’s second-quarter financial results, Doug and Robert recently gave analysts and our team a forecast of what we can expect. And the news is promising. As an airline, our revenue and expense performance for the quarter came in better than expected. As an industry, travel demand is returning. Though the numbers aren’t at 2019 levels and the demand itself looks different right now, it’s the path to recovery we’ve all been focused on.

Beyond our more immediate recovery efforts, our attention is also on our long-term future, building American to thrive forever and our pilots are key to that. I’m glad to share that our previous hiring expectations are increasing — we intend to hire 350 new pilots by the end of year and now anticipate hiring more than 1,000 pilots in 2022.

New hire classes will resume in September and will include flow from Envoy, Piedmont and PSA, as well as pilots who were hired at the onset of the pandemic, but were idled as we paused our recruiting and hiring efforts. Though we were limited in pilot growth this past year, we are now moving full speed ahead with plans to continue recruiting, hiring and training the best and most diverse pilots in the business. The online application for new hire pilots opens this Friday, July 23 and can be accessed at aa.pilotcredentials.com.

As the pace of hiring ramps up, our ask of you is to look for opportunities to mentor these pilots who will be joining our ranks very soon. Nobody knows better what it takes to be an American Airlines pilot than the best aviators in the world. Thanks for your continued leadership this past year and for everything you do every day to deliver and care for our customers and colleagues.

Originally Posted by stoki

Can anyone confirm that the credentials site is the only profile you need? The AA site mentions there are no open postings for pilot positions at this time after a keyword search for pilot and first officer.

Cheers!

Originally Posted by mukalel

Can some one comment on how much weight reccs from AA pilots that are submitted on Pilot credentials carry for getting an interview call?

Originally Posted by Al Czervik

i don’t think they carry any weight until the interview. If it’s from the VP of flight it may be a different deal.

Originally Posted by mukalel

but I guess, the computer algorithm would not know who its from anyway right?

Originally Posted by RNO Flyer

So here's a question for anybody who has insight - In 2019 I was hired by both AA and UPS and wound up taking the UPS offer. There was a lot of good there, but life changed and I'd like to get a redo for the pax world. I've reapplied for AA, but did I burn my one shot?