I honestly don't think a flow through would be a good thing, especially for anyone junior. Right now even in the first wave United has hired a few FOs and plenty of junior captains. If we had flow through then anyone at the bottom of the list would get stuck waiting in line while the senior captains decide whether to take or pass up their flow numbers.

Having no flow through gives the FOs and junior captains more of a fighting chance at getting these slots rather than waiting 10 more years at $44/hour for their flow number to come up.

Having flow also gives Skywest or other regionals too much power. When American Eagle started hurting for pilots one of the first things they did was meter their flow throughs to AA to keep pilots on property. I want the power to be able to apply to the jobs I want and be able to quit my job when I want without the company being able to tell me to wait in line.