AA flow for 2024
 

Is the flow to AA still looking like 5-6 years?

More like 8yrs.... Of course that doesn't account for those ahead of me, that will be leaving for another airline.

After 5 years, you get 20 yr pay for the inconvenience ;-)

The question you are asking is "What will the major airline hiring environment be in 2030?"

Nobody knows.

no, the question I'm asking is how many are they taking right now so I know how fast seniority is moving and how long I'll be stuck on reserve...

Frontier and Spirit are the primary flow for all Big-3.

6.5-7.5 would probably be the most accurate. Envoy is only flowing the contractual amount and AA has done a few months of no hiring that will most likely continue into the future. No hiring for a month = no flows.

If you work for Envoy ALPA maintains a list of pilots. Said list shows when pilots are flowing to AA. This is probably the most accurate.

AA is currently only projecting 9 months of hiring in 2024, so that will slow the flow down even more. No classes in March has already been confimed, along with June and December

Any word on how many hires?

Very true. My flow was projected at 6 years…. Would have taken 16.. I bailed on that plan. Be ready for longer. One “industry hiccup” and your plans are toast…