3/7 Newhire Class: Aircraft and Base
03-08-2017, 03:00 AM
#32
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I think many folks here at AA underestimate the fact that, to a pilot trying to break in to the Big 3, any pilot position within the Big 3 tend to be viewed as pretty similar. While UAL has the best pay today, DAL has the best culture and AA has some of the best bases...these things can and will change with each cycle. So, it's perfectly understandable that a newly hired pilot at the Big 3 may very well leave for another within the first year or two, most likely for base or seniority reasons.
We here at AA are obviously under a lot of angst with the current climate between management and labor...as such, if we don't stop and think for a second, we tend to respond with awe when we hear that someone left UAL or DAL to come here. But the above applies, simply due to the fact that, in the end, an AA pilot job is still a dang good job at one of the Big 3. And we need to realize that our time will come when an AA pilot contract will lead the industry (its up to us!)
In any case, welcome to AA!
We here at AA are obviously under a lot of angst with the current climate between management and labor...as such, if we don't stop and think for a second, we tend to respond with awe when we hear that someone left UAL or DAL to come here. But the above applies, simply due to the fact that, in the end, an AA pilot job is still a dang good job at one of the Big 3. And we need to realize that our time will come when an AA pilot contract will lead the industry (its up to us!)
In any case, welcome to AA!
03-08-2017, 06:52 AM
#33
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Joined APC: Jul 2013
Position: E190 FO
Posts: 324
I think many folks here at AA underestimate the fact that, to a pilot trying to break in to the Big 3, any pilot position within the Big 3 tend to be viewed as pretty similar. While UAL has the best pay today, DAL has the best culture and AA has some of the best bases...these things can and will change with each cycle. So, it's perfectly understandable that a newly hired pilot at the Big 3 may very well leave for another within the first year or two, most likely for base or seniority reasons.
We here at AA are obviously under a lot of angst with the current climate between management and labor...as such, if we don't stop and think for a second, we tend to respond with awe when we hear that someone left UAL or DAL to come here. But the above applies, simply due to the fact that, in the end, an AA pilot job is still a dang good job at one of the Big 3. And we need to realize that our time will come when an AA pilot contract will lead the industry (its up to us!)
In any case, welcome to AA!
We here at AA are obviously under a lot of angst with the current climate between management and labor...as such, if we don't stop and think for a second, we tend to respond with awe when we hear that someone left UAL or DAL to come here. But the above applies, simply due to the fact that, in the end, an AA pilot job is still a dang good job at one of the Big 3. And we need to realize that our time will come when an AA pilot contract will lead the industry (its up to us!)
In any case, welcome to AA!
03-11-2017, 07:04 AM
#37
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Joined APC: Dec 2013
Position: A320 CA
Posts: 2,314
You'll likely get it while still in training. Only issue is D to I, not sure how that's working out.
03-11-2017, 04:31 PM
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