Originally Posted by Slick111

Are you really that gullible or are you just trying to "sell" envoy to potential new hires for your own personal benefit?

The flow(s) were not crafted as some kind of benevolent gift to envoy and Piedmont pilots, rewarding them for slogging through 3 to 6 years (or 16 years as is currently the case) at their regional airline(s). No. It was designed to replace $125,000/year Captains with $65,000/year Captains and to replace $60,000 (9 year) First Officers with brand new $22,000 First Officers.

Why would mainline AAG hire from their own regionals instead of recruiting pilots from XJT, RAH, SKW, Commutair, Horizon, etc. in addition to the military and a plethora of 135 and corporate outfits? They have chosen to take financial advantage of the situation and move (a.k.a. "flow") their own highly-paid 16-year regional Captains over the mainline, (where their pay will initially be cut about in half), while drastically reducing pilot labor costs at their regionals.

Now for the news that no one wants to admit: once AAG has maximized their regional pilot cost reductions, via the "flow" and the 12/4 paycaps,...... the flow will slow to a trickle,...... flowing just enough pilots to mainline to keep their regional pilot costs as low as possible.

Do you think Parker, Kirby, Glass, et. al. invented the "flows" because they're nice guys?!?!?! Don't be a fool. They crafted the flow in order to maximize profits and maximize their bonus checks and stock options.

Many of you have written "don't chase the quick upgrade". I say "don't chase the flow!"