I don't think it's the "majority". Many thousands, yes. Half those slots come from the street. Other carriers will have heavy retirements and will also have no alternative to match any flow a competitor like AA has to maintain a feed network, so leaving there to go to AA is VERY likely to be a knee-jerk mistake at this point as they'd make it faster with another "ace in the hole" in their back-pocket and their present seniority at whatever regional they are at.

BTW......you're flowing to AA soon ? Well, welcome aboard. Of course, you do realize that according to J3, you're now also a loser who obviously "couldn't get hired anywhere else" too, yes ?

In fact, if J3 flows to AA then he too joins the loser club he's classified me into and soon you. Talk about a guy who has no idea of the things he talks about, yet his industry crystal ball is so shiny !

Kinda like the E-175 he sold his soul for, eh ?