Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Flow might be nice to have in your hip pocket...but it doesn't (and shouldn't) stop you from applying to every other major.
Do these new flows preclude the flowees from bypassing flow by applying and getting hired "off the street"?
you can get hired of the street even if you're in a flow program. The big mistake is that I've seen people that are waiting for the flow so they can keep the company seniority for vacation purposes. I rather lose my vac and start from 0 but at the beginning of the wave.
I've seen Envoy CAs and FOs hired of the street this last year. Now, understand that with 50% of the total hires of the year being envoy pilots + 48 PSA + 36 PDT = less of the street people. I talked to a recruiter and he told me that 5,000 AA pilots have recommended people. The pool of applicants is big and chances are slim to be called, because they just randomly pick people from that pool to interview.