AA Interview Process
 

I was not aware that the compass instance was because someone lied on their résumé.

When AA bought TWA's assets, they went through the TWA sen list and didn't "hire" anyone who'd worked at AMR previously and left on bad terms (including no two week notice).

It caught a couple former AE pilots. It NEVER pays to **** off someone in aviation. :eek:

Sorry, there is a KNOWN issue with Eagle flowbees in transition school. I cannot quote hard statistics because I am not part of the schoolhouse staff, but I've talked with enough check airmen who confirm there have been some serious performance problems.

Doesn't mean they can't fly, but some are having trouble adapting. I don't care what the background is, low performance needs to be weeded out, either in the interview process, or in training.

1500 FO hours in an RJ doesn't mean a pilot is automatically good to go.

Uh... Pretty sure the Eagle flows are CAs with a lot of TPIC - not FOs. One of the AA captains I know that flys with a lot of the new flow throughs has said the biggest issue is these guys have been PIC so long that they are having issues adapting to being FOs again.

Also, the guys with issues were from back in 2010-11. Those guys were known as problems on AE property and we all knew they would likely have issues at AA. Over the past year or so, however, the guys have had no problems.

People have been saying that for years but I've also heard it is not true about the former Eagle. But I don't know for sure.

With this sentence

I was referring to a previous implication that somehow any Part 121 experience set a guy up for success, more so than those with a mil background... not to dredge that argument up again.

Valid points on the Eagle guys, and I'm sure the vast majority are doing fine. I think the best success is going to come from anyone willing to adapt to their new position, and not fight it because "this isn't how I did it at carrier X or in the military."

Any recent updates?