^^^^^What he said.

BIZEX was a DelCon carrier in the northeast that was folded into AE in 2000-2001.

However, ACJet (a separate certificate holder under ACA Holdings) took over some of BIZEX's route structure out of LGA and BOS.

 

BEX got the best deal. They got bought up from being a mediocre airline, straight DOH with instant upgrades with numbers to flow to AA.

Cinderella pilots..

GoodLuck!

 

The point is that Eagle was a viable and "go to" regional for new hires a short time ago.
Read the timeline that is 3.5 years of beat down to see how fast the king can become the pauper.

 

 

With Envoys rapid decline does anyone know anyone who left the Envoy Pipeline before becoming an FO?

 

Unfortunately it was only a matter of time. AA has historically only had one large regional - American Eagle. There were some very small operations like American Connection with TSA and RegionsAir. But for the most part, AA had not diversified its regional fleet. Every other legacy carrier had multiple regional airlines operating for them. When a flying contract was up, it was put out for the lowest bidder. The costs would be re-set every few years. AA was basically on the sidelines watching Northwest, Delta, United, and Continental operate with their multiple regional partners. One would think that common sense dictates that AA would soon follow suit. From a business perspective, it makes zero sense to put all the eggs in one basket for a regional operation. The Comair strike of '01 showed what one large regional operation could do to a legacy airline if there was ever a disruption. AA simply did to their regional operation what other legacy airlines had done long ago. Is it really surprising?

 

I agree that this is normal operations for the U.S. regional airline industry. Still, I see so many younglings in this forum acting like it won't happen at their regional. It will. It always does.

 

Id imagine most - you are not on the hook for anything until you sign a signing bonus.

 

What if they do try to come after you? And what about working at another 121?

 

A Direct Career Path to American Airlines:

Ask anyone at Envoy how that's been working out