Working for American Eagle provides solid stability at the cost of slow career advancement. - Pilot - First Officer American Airlines Employee Review

4.0
Nov 14, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working for a stable company with a parent company that has never gone bankrupt is comforting in a wild industry that has made little overall profit over the decades.

Cons

It takes 8-10 years to progress from a first officer to captain, with many senior captains electing to make a career at this airline. This career mindset represents good work rules, benefits, and pay, however progression for the newer guys is limited unless you're looking at a decade time scale. You must be satisfied with $35,000-$50,000 per year as a first officer, than you can progress to the low six figures when you finally attain captain status.

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

Flexibility Seniority constitutes trip results Travel benefits People I've met and places I've been

Cons

Hours are sporadic On call for several years Away from family

2.0
Jul 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

It provides training for Tier 1 IT Support. You will be introduced to how the first line of IT works.

Cons

The compensation range provided by the recruiter will not be applied when they offer you the role. It will be (below minimum) . The job itself feels like a mixture of IT and customer service. You will eventually take ( calls +messages) at the same time for a very low pay. This department laid off over half of their team members to save cost and to establish an off shore team in India. They have been interviewing candidates for (months) to fill up a few spots but obviously the trick of offering low compensation at the end of the process did not work well. One more thing to mention, forget about moving forward to a better role within the company. Most likely it will not happen based on what I heard from other members. No differential for after hours and night shift pay is the same for night shift

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