Already off the rails as far as AA Interviews so.... I have 2 electric cars and a truck that gets 15mpg at best. They are all great for their intended purposes. Hope to keep all 3 for 10 more years

 

your grocery stores use fuel to transport groceries.

your construction company uses fuel to transport your materials to site.


too use fuel to fly passengers and this either gives you a profit sharing check or concessions if the company can’t make money.


Your EV doesn’t do anything more than save you a couple hundred dollars a year. All of that could be pointless depending on the steep rise of fuel costs.

wow. I’m embarrassed for you.

 

The question asked of him was "You think EVs, “electric” vehicles are immune to the price of global oil?" Not his grocery store, construction company, or airline. Save some of that embarrassment for your own lack of reading comprehension.

 

You're looking at this myopically instead of looking at the broader impact of cutting personal gasoline use.

The US consumes 9 million barrels of gasoline worth of oil a day. 90% of gasoline is used by the consumer via cars and light trucks.

In 2015 when OPEC tried to push out our frackers, the world oversupply hit around 3 million a day. That was enough to push oil from $105-ish to $30-ish in 18 months. Coincidently, AA made the largest profit that year of any airline, ever. $7.8 bil net.

It's not about saving $400/yr in gas costs, it's about reducing overall demand for oil (in the US and worldwide) so the price craters and insulates the consumer from sticker shock at the pump and reduces our incentive to drops bombs in the middle east along with the ensuing inflation.

Of course, all those things you mentioned would also be impacted (in a positive way) with oil prices dropping. But the more prominent cost front and center for consumers, is the price they see on the corner gas station every day.

 

What an insightful and appropriately located debate. My personal opinion, previously carved in granite, has swung back and forth at least 4 times in the last 24 hours. We truly do not deserve any more of this visual gold.

Whats the word been on low TPIC getting calls? Are <500 TPIC people still interviewing?

 

I hope someday you get electricity at your home.

 

Don't want to jinx myself but my interview is next week. 2000 TT, 0 TPIC. Prior mil helo IP, current A320 FO

 

You'll do great, good luck, thanks for your service.

Edit: you were a military helicopter pilot/IP, so you have plenty of TPIC, just not fixed wing.

 

how much 121 turbine SIC do you have? The mil helo to regional/ULCC pool seems to be a very changing metric for what legacies want. Anecdotally, for those at regionals it seems like 800-1000+ 121 SIC and ideally upgrade is required. Whereas those at ULCC with an airbus or 73 type get called with less times (as low as 300 but closer to 500+). Any one see similar patterns?

 

~800 when they sent the invitation to interview