Eagle flow ups

[johnsonrod]

I'd rather be the most junior MD-80 pilot at AA than the most senior CRJ-700 captain at Eagle any day. Take a look at the retirement alone.

And what happens to that retirement when AA goes bankrupt under the weight of its huge pension liability? What is it now - $700 million per year and growing? AA has the worst financial structure in the airline biz. I'd continue to build my time at Eagle and apply to Delta (this fall?) and Fedex/UPS when they start hiring again in a few years. What's the upgrade time now at AA - 20 years? Yeah, no thanks. AA is a dinosaur.

 

[pipejockey]

Boy, I don't know why anyone would WANT to go work for AA.................oh yeah, now I remember, maybe because for every one mediocre airline job (such as AA) there are 20-30 sheeety jobs out there where the good majority of us will end up spending most of our careers at. Not everyone is gonna make it to SWA, JB, FED EX, UPS, etc..........fill in the blank.

Remember those tests we took as kids that gave us a bunch of words or pictures and asked which one didn't belong. Well, what airline mentioned above doesn't belong being mentioned in the same breath with the others?

 

[kf4amu]

And what happens to that retirement when AA goes bankrupt under the weight of its huge pension liability? What is it now - $700 million per year and growing? AA has the worst financial structure in the airline biz. I'd continue to build my time at Eagle and apply to Delta (this fall?) and Fedex/UPS when they start hiring again in a few years. What's the upgrade time now at AA - 20 years? Yeah, no thanks. AA is a dinosaur.

What a sad industry we have, when people like this want to choose the company WITHOUT retirement pensions over those that do.

 

[atpcliff]

Hi!

It looks like FedEx hiring will be this year...maybe early next. UPS...not so fast!

cliff
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