For sure. It takes time to really get how a company really operates, the shine wears off and reality comes through

 

Well what I was trying to say is that from talking to people who actually fly/work the line and have been for years, it’s mostly positive. These forums are mostly negative. So either most AA pilots are liars in person for no apparent reason or these forums are more negative than reality. Of course my personal experience is limited.

 

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To be fair, they are TRYING to pay the WO pilots nearly that amount of money to stay and flow to AA, but the only ones that take it are the ones who know that going to AA is what they’re going to do (full disclosure: I’m one of them).

The rest that have any aspirations towards DAL, UAL, or FDX are refusing the bonus money and making it to their dream gig fairly quickly in this environment, and that includes pilots that would have flowed in very short order. Heck, there are rumors of pilots that have flowed, collected 100K, then take CJOs at other carriers not long after.

As to your characterization of AAs attitudes towards regional life compared to DAL and UAL, spot on. They’ll be the last to make the strategic shift, long after A220 delivery slots have dried up. Maybe they can get those old 190s back…..


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What is the average years of service to hit 50% mark as a NB FO in DFW or CLT?

 

been here 14 years between us airways and American and have not experienced anywhere near the negativity seen on here. You guys sound like lots of fun to fly with, this ain’t a difficult job. And flying the line is much nicer than flying with a check airmen, you seem to have things backwards

 

Too lazy to look it up. I'm around 85% in Charlotte. 2.5 years, roughly.

 

No doubt about flying with line guys, that checks with the fact that a CKA may not tell it how it is. It should be no surprise that guys are more negative online than in person

 

Most pilots here are great to fly with IMO. Sure we have our 5%’s and the dreaded 1%’s, but that’s everywhere. The job will be what you make it, not sure what you mean about Check Airman not telling you how it is, as opposed to line pilots? there are 13,000 different pilot opinions of how it is, do you need to be fed your opinion by other pilots? Best thing is to do your job, enjoy your layovers, and give zero ****s about other pilots opinions.

 

Exactly thank you for supporting my point sanicom. My CKA’s actually haven’t said anything about AA we have been busy but people in the “real world” have expressed it’s a great place to work.