It's NOT a "jets for jobs" nor a flow back program. As johnson29 alluded to, during a concession round at UAL during the BK, UALALPA negotiated a pref interview program with UAX carriers that are hiring. The furloughed UAL pilot would be paid by the carrier at the carrier's respective year one rate, UALALPA subsidizes that so the furloughed UAL pilot gets year 2 rate at that carrier's scale. Isn't that awesome? UAL furloughs pilots, their MEC helps them get jobs at the places they voted to have them outsourced to, at about half what they'd make at UAL.

Since G7 has had an overall quicker upgrade time relative to most, if not all UAX carriers, some furloughed UAL pilots go to G7 so as to get on a bigger paycheck (relative term) sooner. G7 has ALSO hired pilots from other airlines/companies that furloughed or went tits up. ATA, ABEX, Flexjet, COMAIR, whatever do to their time and the ability to upgrade quicker than a G7 newhire with lower flight time, or doesn't come anywhere near the time required per the company to upgrade to captain.

And for the record, Pinnacle when through a similar situation back in the late 2004/2005 timeframe.