I have to disagree. Parker did not offer the flows (and SSP) as, primarily, a recruitment and retention tool. He devised the flows as purely a COST CUTTING measure.

Parker wanted to get rid of those expensive $120,000+, sixteen- year RJ and Dash Captains and replace them with $60,000, three-year Captains. And in the process, he'd be replacing $40,000 three-year F.O.s with $22,000 newhires.

Recruitment was not his main goal and "retention" was the further thing from his mind. In fact, the recruitment and retention gains were an unintended benefit,...... "icing on the cake" if you will.