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PSA Airlines is a wholly owned American Airlines Group subsidiary flying 100% as American Eagle on an all-CRJ dual-class fleet of roughly 151 aircraft (~91 CRJ900s, ~60 CRJ700s), with its headquarters newly relocated from Dayton to Charlotte (completed Q1 2026). PSA flies one brand for one partner — the simplest operating story of the big regionals: American's product, PSA's paycheck, no brand-switching by base.
For applicants, PSA's signature is speed. Hiring is rolling — a standing "Flight Attendant Trainee" requisition plus an active recruiting-event circuit (Charlotte open house and a multi-city recruiting tour), with published recruiter contacts (FAinfo@psaairlines.com). Glassdoor-derived average time-to-hire is about 18 days across PSA roles, and FA candidates report offers the same day, sometimes within about two hours of the in-person interview. That's candidate-report intel, not a company SLA — but it makes PSA among the fastest FA pipelines documented anywhere.
Honest framing: this is a realistic first flight attendant job. The published start rate is $27.06 per flight hour — but a new three-year contract (ratified per AFA, spring 2026) added an immediate 10% wage increase plus boarding pay, so the effective current package is meaningfully better than that stale published figure; get the actual rate sheet at offer. Either way, expect first-year gross in the low-$30ks range versus Delta's roughly $45,000–60,000. The trade: a door that's open year-round, four weeks of paid training, AAG profit sharing, and near-instant interview reps.
No FA flow to American. PSA's famous "guaranteed flow to American" is a pilot program — there is no flight attendant flow-through to American from PSA or any AA regional, and FA content borrowing pilot flow, DEC-bonus, or $100+/hour figures is contaminated. Everyone asks; that's the answer.
Baseline requirements, verbatim-sourced from psaairlines.com (checked August 2026): "at least 20 years of age" (a year younger than SkyWest or mainline — same as Republic); a "valid, unexpired U.S. Passport or a Foreign Passport with applicable VISAs" plus the right to work in the US; "high school diploma or GED equivalent" and "at least two years of customer-facing service experience" — or a college degree, which substitutes for the experience requirement; and the ability to "read, write, and speak English fluently." No bilingual program was found — PSA's network is domestic plus short-haul international under the American Eagle brand.
Sources listed at the end of each profile. Data compiled from airline careers pages, union publications, industry press, and candidate-reported interview intel — wave-dependent facts carry as-of dates.