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Originally Posted by KSCessnaDriver
Why would Evelop of Spain overnight in CLE?
I was waiting for it...
My personal opinion: Go to 9E. PSA was a great deal for those hired 2014-2015. New hires in 2018 and 2019 aren’t going to experience the same career at PSA.
At PSA you will be senior-manned (read: forced) into an upgrade as soon as your eligible and possibly displaced out of base to sit reserve as a junior CA for what will most likely end up being at least 2 years. Your earned seniority as an FO means nothing except for the few short months you get to enjoy the quality of life as a “senior” FO in base.
At PSA you will be at the back end of a pilot group that is almost 1900 large at the moment. While this isn’t a bad thing in and of itself, you have to consider the fact that American Airlines Group (our overlords) and our management place a lot of value on the flow. So much value that they think it offsets an over $20,000 /year difference in what our peers at 9E and Republic are earning compared to us. And the flow language at PSA is simply not as good as at Envoy or Piedmont. We flow 10 /month from what will be an almost 2000 pilot company by the end of 2018. That is 0.5%... It will likely go up, but just let that paltry flow percentage sink in for a second. Again, for those hired in 2014 and 2015 not a bad deal. For those looking to come now, the flow shouldn't even be a factor other than the monthly seniority-list movement it generates.
There are good things about PSA too. I just think a new hire in today’s market has a ton of great options available to them. I can genuinely only recommend PSA if your current situation falls within a somewhat narrow category. Hopefully that changes in the future, but I don’t think we will ever see financial compensation to the tune of what 9E and Republic are making. AAG puts a lot of value on the flow. Which is both deserved and at the same time perhaps foolish. But we shall see what the future holds.