Originally Posted by
DontEnvoyMe
Genuine question, I am happy to answer;
Simply put, I tried. It seems things are very different now. Civilian pilots seem to get hired much easier than back then in the 1990's. It did happen, but it didn't happen as it does today.
I agree with this statement, and it is true. A fact, even.
So honest question, and I'm not trying to start a debate.
During the last proposal many people, in particular more senior pilots, would dismiss the enhanced flow through as crap. The reason given each time was always the same: "we had a flow through in the 90s and it didn't work out....."
So wouldn't you agree that times were different in the 90s for pilots? Especially a pilot who wasn't ex-military and worked for say...American Eagle? Not to mention the last flow through (Letter 3) had flow back provisions which the currently offered enhanced flow through doesn't.
So in light of these facts, which we both agree on, why would you compare the current enhanced flow in the current environment to the flow and situation from back in the 90s? If the conditions for a civilian trained Regional pilot going to mainline was bad, it got even worse with 9/11.