TransWorld

I think it evaporated. Left in the contrails someplace. (Likely AA still owns it on paper to avoid someone restarting a ‘new’ TWA, a la Frontier and Eastern.)

If you ever are in Kansas City and have time on your hands, there are two museums I can recommend, at the old MKC, downtown airport (like landing and taking off in a teacup. Cliffs a mile north of the runway, skyscrapers of downtown a mile south of the runway. In 1972 they moved all commercial flights to MCI, 12 miles to the north. Now nothing but fields on the long approaches.)

There is a TWA museum and an old aircraft museum. My favorite there is a Super Connie. You can go in and look around. All restored by TWA retirees.

I can also recommend the nations only WWI museum at the Liberty Memorial spire/eternal flame and the Country Club Plaza shopping area Christmas lights (Thanksgiving to New Year’s).

And yes, I grew up there.

TransWorld

We now return you to the topic of this thread.

ItnStln

Thanks TransWorld I'll check them out if I'm ever in Kansas City since I enjoy both aviation and museums. The Super Connie is a nice looking aircraft and I like the one that the Breitling team has. I assumed AA is keeping the TWA name on paper and I'd say the same for the US Air/US Airways name.

RVator6

Thank you, ThunderSky, for the info. May I ask you what your flying background is? I’m strictly GA and submitted in Sept, but no emails yet for me..

Clint

From the horse's mouth in the latest AA crew news, the company plans on hiring 900 this year based on retirements.

Rawhide16

I’m in indoc now and every person that has talked to us has given a different number. The numbers have ranged from 650-900. Regardless, it’s a lot of people and great news!

Sliceback

At one point this year hiring was supposed to be 750. That would’ve been a 2% increase. 900 next year will be a 2% increase.

LIOG41

It will be at least 900 to hire, restricted by training pipeline. 2013 hires getting CA upgrades by early 2018.

sumwherelse

That would be this next bid. I am senior to 2013 and bid Capt and I have no chance of getting it. Early 2018 is NOT gonna happen.

viper548

I think a lot of the reason CA goes so junior at Delta is because they do fewer bids than we do and there is a lot of uncertainty as to when they will go to to training, when the next bid will be, etc. I would guess more people will bypass upgrade now that we no longer have monthly bids and see how things shake out before upgrading. PBS seems to create some pretty ugly awards for junior pilots too, not that MIA didn't have that before PBS. Line holder group 2 FO pay is about what Group 4 reserve FO pays. Line holding group 4 FO pays about the same as reserve group 2 CA.