Originally Posted by
atpcliff
Just flew with an FO who had recently talked to AA HR.
They told him that in 2007 AA had 13,000 qualified resumes on file.
Now, in 2017, they had 3000 qualified resumes on file.
Elsewhere, I read that AA plans on hiring 1000 pilots this year, more in 2018, and more than that in 2019.
It'd be enlightening to hear directly from the airlines about how many "qualified" apps they have on file. "Qualified" would have to be defined for the number to mean anything. But...they'll never reveal that info.
Convention internet wisdom is that the frequently-mentioned 14,000 apps any particular airline is alleged to have on file are actually the same 14,000 on file at DL, UA, AA, SW, UPS and FE.
We'll never know.
I predict no empty seat will remain unfilled to the point financial damage to an airline occurs.