You will not be required to upgrade to CA before flowing to AA. That was only for the current group of flows (the 824), that was set up a long time ago, and is separate from the rest of the flow through. Yeah, things are crap at regionals like envoy right now, but who knows what the future holds. I think the company's know how bad staffing is going to get (and has already gotten), so they have thrown a Hail Mary to try and lock in crap pay and benefits now, because they KNOW they'll have to offer a LOT more to attract new talent in the near future. Endeavor is already offering a $20K / yr retention bonus, on top of the $24K minimum guarantee at first year pay. So a new hire at Endeavor could make a minimum $42K in year one. So far, envoy has not offered any such retention bonus. They seem to think that a flow through will entice new talent, but so far they have been proven wrong. A flow isn't going to do much good for a shrinking airline, if that airline ceases to exist at all. So far, the ones currently flowing have been here about 16 years.