Originally Posted by
ckelley
There was a time, about 10 years ago, a cfmeii with 2,000 hours would cut off their pinkie finger to work for Lakes. Get in, a couple months, a pretty girl could upgrade, and is now a captain at American. The different outcomes of this profession are bizarre.
That was the general idea with any and all regionals (yes, the carrot was the upgrade, but everyone going to regionals thought they'd upgrade relatively fast).