Originally Posted by
Skyler02
This +1
Exactly. There will be plenty of open spots at the majors soon. Flow is a management tool to keep the right seats of the RJs full. It is a way to entice the new guys that don't know any better, into coming to that regional to fill the right seat and to stay there until their flow # comes up. That will take years.
Flow gives management control over your career, and they will keep you in the cheap seats as long as they can. In the near future, you will be able to prep for the interview and get to a major on your own much more quickly than any flow is going to get you there. Do not give anything up for flow. It will no longer be needed.
I have known several CA at eagle that applied and were hired at AA where it would have taken several years to wait for their number to come up to flow. They are waaaayyy ahead of their peers that were senior to them at Eagle.
Do you really think that the pilots and their union at AA are going to give up their control to whom they hire to Envoys hiring department? I agree with Skyler. This flow through stuff is just a marketing tool. Why do you think management put so much stock in it.
And Skyvector, I would image 98% of those application that are sitting at mainline are current regional pilots. And how many of them do you think applied at several airlines?
I think I would have told AAG during negotiations that they can keep their flow and in return we want a fleet guarentee of 130 175's. I guarentee you that Parker will be back when they get 41 airplanes (the number needed to trigger PBS) and will use the other 89 airplanes to get PBS the way AAG wants it or more concessions. And do you think that if they can't staff the 175's because of the lack of pilots that Parker will park brand new airplanes to honor a flow agreement? You think he would choose a pilot contract over shareholders?