Originally Posted by Grumpyaviator

There's a difference between integration of like companies due to merger and growth and taking on pilots from the regionals due to flow/staple. I'd say the NW/Republic and even Western pilots didn't need 80 hours of OE to learn how to fly a visual pattern and flare properly.

Like I said, AAG doesn't realize what caliber of pilot its committing itself to by using flows to sell its WOs to new hires, especially new hires that now think they have the regionals by the nads because they're hurting for pilots.