Originally Posted by waflyboy

I recently sat down with a college student acquaintance who wanted to ask me some general questions about an airline career. Our conversation got me thinking about upgrades times. I remembered that Compass has some sort of flow-through agreement with Delta. I did some research, so let me know if this is right. A Compass pilot can flow through if:
- They are a captain
- Have been at Compass for 30 months
- Delta is hiring

With the 25% rule, it looks like about 100 pilots a year will be eligible for flow-through once the above parameters are met. With projected retirements at Delta (I came up with about 3,200 over the next 5 years, from another thread), it seems this would make Compass rather attractive to those seeking the elusive "quick upgrade." Theoretically, shouldn't people be "flowing through" pretty soon?

Is this a fair assessment? (And forgive my ignorance if I'm way off the mark here.)