Doesn't matter if they don't stay long enough to upgrade

 

Yup. PSA CA here. Latest numbers said 52 pilots lost in Dec. 10 flowed to AA, zero went to AA outside of the flow...and 42 went elsewhere.

 

"Connecting People. Uniting the World."

(doesn't that sound better?...)

 

Define great...........

 

It's that thing you go for.

 

Something only diverse Republic and Skywest pilots can achieve apparently considering all the WOs were stonewalled from AA's ORD hiring event.

 

Really? I'd like to know more about this.

 

No point in inviting WO pilots if they don’t plan to hire them outside the flow anyway.

 

So,

AA had a hiring event and WO pilots were specifically excluded? I feel like this is a conversation that people had on facebook or something and are assuming everyone knows. Not everyone is on social media. I'd like to know this story beyond simple one liners.

 

All the regional pilots were standing in line, waiting to get into AA's Club Meet and Greets. Steve and Doug Butabi ( brothers of course), both worked for AAG WOs. The club's front door bouncer, we'll call him Deebo Isom, was checking everyone's name off of the invite list before they were allowed to enter. When Steve and Doug Butabi were next in line for Club Meet and Greets, Deebo Isom asked if they were brothers and who they worked for? Steve and Doug responded "no...YES, UP TOP! We're WO pilots with AA employee numbers, we heard you desperately need pilots to operate and we'd love to work for AA!" As they high fived each other, thinking that because they worked for a WO, they would be allowed into Club Meet and Greets. Deebo Isom, with his large muscular arms and intimidating corporate casual attire (Collection by Michael Strahan blazer, Van Heusen button up with no tie, total power move), picks up both Butabi brothers as launches them into the street. "You've been retained back to your WO, regional pukes! Go wear your golden handcuffs and wait for your turn to flow!" Deebo Isom exclaims, as he turns around and opens the velvet rope, unleashing the hoards of ULCC and republic/mormon air force pilots into Club Meet and Greets without further delay.

The Butabi brothers felt betrayed. Their whole careers they bought into the idea that they were valued as WO pilots. They were part of the AAG family. AA would welcome the WO pilots with open arms during their desperate time of staffing needs! As they turned around to start their long, cold and dark walk back to the understaffed outstation, Doug said Steve "what is love? Baby don't hurt me no more" while they watched the thousands of outside hires be given seniority numbers at AA, forever restricting the WO pilots from holding widebody captain or high seniority in their career as an AA flow through.

Just then, a couple of really hot chicks rolled up in a Lambo. One had a really wide body. The other, a really goofy hat and horse blanket. They shouted out to Steve and Doug "get in losers, we're going shopping!". Without hesitation, the Butabi brothers jumped aboard with United and Delta, had great careers and watched AA file for bankruptcy, the feuding pilot groups under APA fall into perpetual turmoil and AA/envoy/piedmont/psa corporate structure disintegrate into a pile of rubble more worthless than Expressjet.

The End.