Originally Posted by eaglefly

I think non-Envoy pilots would be smart not to bite at this latest carrot just yet (and if any airline has a history of cultivating enticing carrots to pilots over the last 19 years, it's this one). Again, so far ALL that has occurred regarding the future is PROMISES. Here's some facts;

Envoy has flowed X pilots to AA for the combination of two reasons. First, AA has been hiring (more modestly as of late though) and second, Envoy has been legally REQUIRED to flow the number of pilots it has over the last two years or so as part of the 824 grievance award. If AA is hiring (they are), Envoy management has NO choice to move these pilots to AA. HOWEVER..........once those 824 have flowed (500 or so to go), it becomes more of a contractual flow (the "protected pilots") and then the requirements can be altered or possibly even voided at some point in the future due to any number of scenarios including, but not limited to merger or even liquidation of Envoy.

Soon, it seems obvious that flow-throughs will be standard in the industry as all three legacies will have no choice but to adopt them for competitive reasons to protect their mainline feed.