AA announcement on the 6th??

[UALRATT]

Boy, FI was 0 & 23 on this one...

 

[JFReservist]

Sounds like recalls of 250 pilots and 545 F/A's: Press Release

How many furloughed AA pilots will they go through to get 250? Or am I being too optimistic and it's only 250 notices being sent out...

 

[Uncle Bunkle]

Boy, FI was 0 & 23 on this one...

Dork. At least say it right, it should say "0 for 23". Have you ever even played a sport? And no, Dungeons and Dragons is not a sport.

 

[Angus Khan]

In other words, for the bottom half of us TWA folks, check back again late next year. Who will be the next group to get our jobs back before us?

 

[johnsonrod]

250 pilot recalls? Not bad. But who wants to be at the bottom of the AA list flying a dilapidated MD80 on reserve for years and years? What's the upgrade estimate at AA nowadays - 20+ years for newly recalled pilots? Yeah, no thanks...

 

[xjhawk]

buying Pinnacle Airlines and stapling them to the bottom of the seniority list

 

[AceOnTheRiver]

250 pilot recalls? Not bad. But who wants to be at the bottom of the AA list flying a dilapidated MD80 on reserve for years and years? What's the upgrade estimate at AA nowadays - 20+ years for newly recalled pilots? Yeah, no thanks...

Funny. A friend of mine who is a FT at Eagle showed me a paper that AA gave him about 6 months ago to help his decision on whether to transfer to AA or not. They estimated he would make CA in 5-7 years. Personally I think that is somewhat optimistic but I go with a 7-9 year upgrade range.

 

[FO 4 Life]

Two opposites. Aircal got DOH, Reno got the staple. What do you mean?

(If I'm wrong about this I'm sure I'll be corrected)

Just pointing out every time AA buys a West coast presence, they draw it down (Aircal). Then another airline (Reno) starts flying, AA buys them then quits the West coast again.

 

[jonjuan]

250 pilot recalls? Not bad. But who wants to be at the bottom of the AA list flying a dilapidated MD80 on reserve for years and years? What's the upgrade estimate at AA nowadays - 20+ years for newly recalled pilots? Yeah, no thanks...

Thanks for the advice, Captain RJ. Go refill your meds for your sjs.

 

[RNP.15]

If AMR bought ALK they would have large hubs in ANC,SEA and LAX. Not saying it's going to happen, or want it to happen, but they would.

 

[crxpilot]

This is all good. It's nice to see some movement already starting and its not even 2012 yet. Imagine how much better things will be when the retirements start kicking in again. Let the good times roll!

 

[FlyAuburn]

Dork. At least say it right, it should say "0 for 23". Have you ever even played a sport? And no, Dungeons and Dragons is not a sport.

now that's funny right there. :beer:

 

[Headfake14]

This is all good. It's nice to see some movement already starting and its not even 2012 yet. Imagine how much better things will be when the retirements start kicking in again. Let the good times roll!

yea...not to branch out this thread....but...

once all the 65ers start retiring...everywhere..DL, AA, UA, it'll be a newhire feeding frenzy...THEN, all the regionals will be dried up...they'll have to hire and then we'll hit the issue of experience level of the new hire regional guys.

...when do the new rules go into effect?...

This could be messy in a couple years.

 

[rigger]

yea...not to branch out this thread....but...

Once all the 65ers start retiring...everywhere..dl, aa, ua, it'll be a newhire feeding frenzy...then, all the regionals will be dried up...they'll have to hire and then we'll hit the issue of experience level of the new hire regional guys.

...when do the new rules go into effect?...

This could be messy in a couple years.

god lets hope it gets real messy!!!

 

[Superpilot92]

Funny. A friend of mine who is a FT at Eagle showed me a paper that AA gave him about 6 months ago to help his decision on whether to transfer to AA or not. They estimated he would make CA in 5-7 years. Personally I think that is somewhat optimistic but I go with a 7-9 year upgrade range.

That should be the same for most of the majors right now going forward