Originally Posted by
ESpen36
Yes, AA is short of First Officers. In fact, I heard that AA is so short that AEagle Captains have been cross-training in order to serve as First Officers on some mainline equipment (especially the S80).
Whoever told you that was pulling your leg. They are two different airlines on two different operating certificates and even two different pilot unions. There is a flow through agreement between the two, but pilots cannot just flip flop back and forth from day to day. AA still has over 2000 pilots on furlough.