Originally Posted by
tinman1
Don't ask questions man, that makes you dangerous! Just go with the flow
I'm with you though it doesn't make any sense why a profit generating entity would do that to itself when it could hire off the street from elsewhere. Then the benefit is two fold: the company keeps its cheap regional feed staffed with just enough bait to hire and retain labor, and also poaches labor from contract companies (i.e. non WO'd regionals) that also happen to support their competition.
I think people put WAY too much stock in this flow thing. Go out and get that college degree, build flight experience, volunteer, network, and do all of those things that have led you to believe that you suck so bad at adulting that you need a no interview "flow" to get to a career destination. Become a well rounded person that people admire and actually want to work with on a four day trip.
/rant over
I'm not counting on a flow nor do I particularly care about it... Just passing along what I heard. And I do think there is a tipping point to be reached. There is only so much money that makes sense to be thrown at the regionals before it just makes more sense to bring the flying back in house. When the top paying regionals of today can't hire with their current compensation, what then? I posed the question above... At what point do you just bring the 76 seat flying back in house? I think there isn't much more money to throw at regionals. At that point you're approaching year 1 compensation at mainline. In which case, why not just fly it more reliably at mainline?