Why bother

Anyone know how many years it would take for a new hire to get MIA 777 F/O?

We have some end of 1999 or early 2000 hires that are jr on reserve 777 FO in MIA.

American interviews and class dates
 

How about anything LAX?...piloting, of course.

Forward projection (not allowed by SEC rules ;)) -

Junior MIA 777 FO has approx. 2000 guys on property below him. Pure retirements, with a static airline, would take 8 yrs.

AA only - currently 56 777's. End of 2017 projection(+/-) is 65 777's and 29 787's, total of 94. What's the junior guy going to be then????

Based on AA only I'd think 5 yrs with a small chance of perhaps as quickly as 3 yrs as growth shuffle generates some unexpected opportunities. US merger, and how guys bid post SOC/SLI, will add some uncertainity.

That's assuming that MIA gets a fair amount of the growth and for guys hired early in the hiring cycle.

Good luck.

$64,000 question. Weakest part of AAL's system. Mgt acknowledges that and says it's the logical place to push into Asia. How? When? Where?

Rumors of Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Seoul.

For a new guy to get based there? Price of the question just went up to $64,000 times X. AA only, base on retirements only, current manning/no changes, 4.5 yrs.

Company has expressed interest, and needs, more West Coast presence. Some guys currently flying out of base will return, possibility for some newbies at the bottom. Guess, pure guess, 1-3 yrs.

Some many moving parts. US merger SOC/SLI, the manning/bidding shifts that will occur based on that, significant influx on top w/b (777/787) growth will shift bidding patterns/generate opportunities. All of which will be influenced by the US guys transferring across that are senior to you.

After the last 12 yrs it's a welcome change. And even if we were to incur a stagnant airline cycle the retirement bubble is about to burst which will generate the movement with a slight lag on the timing.

Good luck.

I was offered the job on Christmas Eve. I still need to do the medical.

How long does it take to get your medical clearance and a subsequent non conditional offer?

I'm taking my medical on the 3rd of jan.

I was told in an email from the support dept. that we can expect a 4 Feb class.

For those of you who care, about 3000 mil and 2500 JetBlue 190/320 time. 2 internal recs.

I received the conditional offer email on 11/18, did my medical on 11/21, received the welcome aboard phone call from John Hale on 11/27 and a phone call from HR offering me the 1/21 class on 12/10.

Thanks! They told us to expect the 4 Feb class date. Seems like y'all filled up the 21st. Since you're senior to me, you buy the beers right?

Congrats fellas!! Nice work. How long did it take for them to get back to you after the video interview (I just did it yesterday)?