Lost interest in American Eagle
 

I have an interview this coming Wed. After AMR filed bankrupt, I lost all interest in the interview as I am not sure I want to risk leaving a job for a company that will likely be shrinking. Opinions

From the looks of it I'm guessing you are at CHQ?

I would wait and see how things pan out. As you know the worst place to be is on the bottom of the senority list during a time like this. I interviewed at Mesaba one week before NW declared BK I got offered the job but no class date, needless to say I never set one foot on property.

Yeah, tough call for the Eagle interview. Right now, we are being told that hiring will continue. But, with that being said, I expect to be furlough as an instructor. Just a gut feeling, I could be wrong. Good luck to ya.

I have an interview on the 20th and am also in the same boat. Very disappointing to me because it has been a goal of mine since i was a kid to fly for eagle and aa. I have a very stable job that i make a decent living at and also periodically fly for my company. My company is also seriously considering buying an airplane. Also have a wife and baby and im the sole income. Not sure if i want to take a risk to go to eagle and possibly turn our lives upside down.

Do the interview. It's good experience; the more of 'em you do, the better you get at them. You don't have to take the job.

^^^^What this guy said^^^^

Don't do it. Baby moma drama doesn't work on any 1st yr regional job, and with the threat of not having that Oh soo luxurios $22k a year, no thank you.

If fact, are you hiring?

What if I get hired and decide not to take the job, or if I cancel the interview, would I ever be called by them again. I am not sure I would take it if offered as I have a wife and kids also and I think joining a bankrupt company would be foolish.

AE is going to have problems hiring.

Or another standpoint is AA merges with AE and you could've been an AA pilot. ;)

Thats the bait they feed every Eagle pilot.. I took that bait back in the late 90's. Cost me 6 years of chasing my tail.. Eagle was a great place to work, WW LAX Saab was Awsome!! But the dream of being at AA died long before 3 days ago for Eagle pilots. If you live in a Eagle base do it.. If your going there to get on with AA... Well..don't.

We now have 3,200 pilots on the seniority list. That's alot more than I've ever seen here. I think we will be parking our EMB-135/140s and losing the ATRs. Depending on what happens to scope, we coul see a number of new CRJs. In the end, we'll have a fleet reduction and pilot reduction.

Besides furloughs, I don't know where the attrition would come from. We have a number that are supposed to flow to AA, but classes there have halted.

If you have nothing better to do, I'd go to Eagle, but not at the expense of going to a more stable carrier.

Don't do it.

I thought you went to GoJet.

I was hired in September at Gojet but I was put in a pool and I am still swimming.

The first year money sucks but we set our budget up so we can survive it. Got lots of money in savings for this. Just don't want to nix a flying opportunity at my current company just to be f'ed in a year. But at the same time, don't want to miss a flying opportunity either. If I did the interview but declined, think Eagle would consider me down the road if they stay viable?

What both these guys said, I did the eagle interview about a year and half ago, and it was a good experience for sure...

Good luck to ya

I'd do the interview (if it doesn't cost you money to get there).

I applied to a large orange airline and just kept turning down the interview each time. That didn't seem to upset them, but if I'd been offered a job and turned it down, I don't think they would have ever called me again.

I went through two of the three interviews at AA and turned down the third (personal reasons, not my best move) but they still interviewed me 4 years later after lots of begging.

I don't think going to work at a carrier in BK is a good idea. If there are furloughs and God forbid any type of merger, the furloughees are generally stapled at the bottom of the merged list (although not always).

Well the decision was just made for me! Just got an email saying they are canceling all upcoming interviews in light of the BK filing. Anyone else get this email? My interview was Dec 20th

Wow , not a good sign .....

Anyone who went to the interview knows the cheesy video tape they play in the holding tank. "I don't have to go to work, I GET to go to work"

I guess this puts a new spin on it.

got the email also. I guess that answers that.

....... :(

ATP's add at the top of the page says that Eagle is still interviewing. Who should one believe?



American Eagle Airlines is excited to announce that we have adjusted our new hiring minimum. American Eagles hiring goals are to hire over 670 pilots in 2011, and foresee hiring to continue into 2012. Our new minimums are as follows:

500 Total time with 50 hours multi-engine
Successful completion of the hiring process
Successful completion of ATP's Regional Jet Standards Course (Paid for by American Eagle Airlines)
Two year signed commitment to fly for American Eagle Airlines
Pilots who currently have 800 total time and 100 hours multi-engine time will not be subject to completing the RJ Course or the two year signed commitment. Pilots interested in working for American Eagle should ensure their application is updated and published via airlineapps. If you have an application on file with us, please send an email to [email protected]!

Sincerely,
American Eagle Pilot Recruitment Team

It's true, all hiring is officially on hold.

yup. everything is cancelled. i was supposed to do RJ training next week (10th) and that's been cancelled.

back to square one.

What about guys currently in ATP's RJ course, did they get sent home too?

i just read on the Eagle Life forum that someone was called and told to turn around while waiting for his/her flight to JAX.

Nice job on them. I'd be so mad if I was hired in the last year or so.

Why? Its a crap shoot.

Word from schoolhouse buddy, set parking brake and grab a snickers.

Oh darn! That's too bad. They had a SWEET flow-through with AA and you could have flown the jet if you got hired!!!!!!!!!!!!

Those ads never seem to change...I think they ran all through the post-9/11 debacle too.

Not from ATP because ATP got their 3K from them for a useless course... Only side note is... Ya know that job that was waiting for you after you finish this course that will be of no use to you... well ahhh its no longer there.

Oh but dont worry... a massive pilot shortage on the way. ;)

Personal Question for those recently called for an interview: What where your total and multi engine times like when you submitted your applications. I know the hiring mins are low enough already, but I still have a long way to go to even for 500/100. I'm optimistic about the future and would like to work for AE.......I too have a decent job, and folks think I'm crazy for pursuing an airline career. But I've gone years on a ramen noodle diet, and at that time, the only thing I was flying was the flag of discontent. experience is experience even if all I get is an interview.

Are you paying attention at all ?

...ugh, where do I pick up my bag that left outside the plane?:D

A sweet flow through right into the unemployment line!

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