Originally Posted by
chanp
Maybe part of the new hire crew? What was the approx age of the new FA?
Originally Posted by
Bachovas
I believe someone mentioned new FAs would start flying 01/28. Or maybe they meant would start training?
You're both talking about AA mainline. The OP was on an Eagle flight, not AA mainline. Eagle has hired FAs on and off since Eagle began, without any extended period of hiring freeze. It's AA mainline that hasn't hired a new flight attendant from mid-2001 until just recently (except for the several Mandarin-speaking FAs recruited for the LAX-PVG flight).
The trainee FA observed by the OP had certainly been on a mock-up and had been on an actual plane of that type before that flight.