Piedmont Airlines News & Rumors
11-02-2021, 05:02 PM
#6512
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Joined APC: Sep 2017
Position: On the Line
Posts: 288
The question was what does the doomsday clock say. We lost 7 to Spirit in September and about 3 LCAs. Six months of that gives you the 42 and 18 numbers….. Who knows when the things get rough here and every other Regional. 2022 will be a crazy year…
11-02-2021, 06:07 PM
#6513
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Joined APC: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,271
I see what you're saying now. Yeah, I wouldn't be having the warm fuzzies right now in management.
11-03-2021, 06:47 PM
#6514
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Joined APC: Jun 2019
Posts: 373
If all the LCAs apply and want out they will get out. They currently are getting picked up by United and Delta left and right. I know a former FO who just upgraded to CA and has been CA less than 1 month and he just got picked up at Delta.
AA is massively behind the ball in hiring and seems reluctant to pick up WO pilots outside the flow unless you are flywithDbag.
PDT management should see the writing on the wall but when have they ever been been proactive to try and fix things and make QOL better for their pilots? Honestly if the FAs end up actually striking than AA should really just clean house of the PDT flight department management.
11-04-2021, 08:37 AM
#6515
New Hire
Joined APC: Nov 2021
Posts: 1
The pilot who got picked up at Delta also has an impressive background in medicine. Summa cum laude bio chemistry graduate with chemo and cancer research. They're not handing out jobs for free at the majors
11-04-2021, 02:10 PM
#6516
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Joined APC: May 2017
Posts: 2,012
11-04-2021, 02:40 PM
#6517
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Joined APC: Apr 2019
Posts: 148
If all the LCAs apply and want out they will get out. They currently are getting picked up by United and Delta left and right. I know a former FO who just upgraded to CA and has been CA less than 1 month and he just got picked up at Delta.
AA is massively behind the ball in hiring and seems reluctant to pick up WO pilots outside the flow unless you are flywithDbag.
PDT management should see the writing on the wall but when have they ever been been proactive to try and fix things and make QOL better for their pilots? Honestly if the FAs end up actually striking than AA should really just clean house of the PDT flight department management.
AA is massively behind the ball in hiring and seems reluctant to pick up WO pilots outside the flow unless you are flywithDbag.
PDT management should see the writing on the wall but when have they ever been been proactive to try and fix things and make QOL better for their pilots? Honestly if the FAs end up actually striking than AA should really just clean house of the PDT flight department management.
There has been almost 15 people in the past couple months who have gone to AA outside the flow. I see groups of 30-40 interviewees almost everyday in the recruitment office (same building as flight training). A lot of the outside Piedmont hires are just good people who have been trying to get on with AA for years, not just social media people. So I’m not sure about some of these statements. Btw I had a UPS 5 year guy in my indoc class so every legacy has people leaving class for others.
-PDT outside flow hire
11-04-2021, 04:27 PM
#6518
Banned
Joined APC: Dec 2016
Position: Sitting
Posts: 223
There has been almost 15 people in the past couple months who have gone to AA outside the flow. I see groups of 30-40 interviewees almost everyday in the recruitment office (same building as flight training). A lot of the outside Piedmont hires are just good people who have been trying to get on with AA for years, not just social media people. So I’m not sure about some of these statements. Btw I had a UPS 5 year guy in my indoc class so every legacy has people leaving class for others.
-PDT outside flow hire
-PDT outside flow hire
Last edited by reandld; 11-04-2021 at 05:03 PM.
12-03-2021, 06:52 AM
#6520
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Joined APC: Jun 2019
Posts: 373
no point in becoming a cadet at PDT. Sure they have great propaganda and make it look like a sweet deal. However, please see past that. There is still zero reason for a perspective new hire to consider PDT until quality of life issues are addressed and PDT is brought up to industry standards.
PDT pilots are subject to a life far inferior than their counter parts in the regional industry. If you want a cadet program or an AA WO than go for PSA or Envoy. Stay clear of PDT until they actually start being a leader and take care of their flight crews by granting them things that everyone else in the industry already has. PDT is a lot of talk and very little action.
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