Originally Posted by
tom11011
Flow through is a scam designed to slow the flow of regional pilots to the major airlines, not quicken it.
Management is one step ahead of you guys on this, think about this critically for a minute.
Regional airlines that do not have any flow through agreements arranged with major airlines will lose pilots the quickest. Major airlines will turn to these carriers first as to not upset the balance with their regional partners they have an agreement with.
Flow through has never worked properly and never will. Unless the major airline is handing out seniority numbers today, its just another carrot to keep you inline. Ask your union to take flow through out of your next contract and exchange it for something else and see what happens.
The same argument can be made that wholly owneds with a flow will be targeted by the remaining legacies so as to cripple the feed of their competition. I wouldn't be surprised if this tactic is employed once staffing gets truly bad at regionals.
In regards to the flow itself I consider it more of a last resort parachute. If I can't get hired somewhere else by the time my flow is called at least I know eventually I'll be somewhere I want to be. It's a safety net, not a career plan.