Originally Posted by SayAlt

Rubbish.

Anyone flying 121 today will be at a major within the next decade. Won't matter where one is working right now.

Demographics and the rate of population growth world-wide alone guarantee it, to say noting of other relevant factors.

"Flow" is nothing more than a carrot to lure new hires in lieu of hard cash today. Oh sure, some have to flow. Otherwise the carrot won't work.

But you can be absolutely certain that more pilots will "flow" from the non-WOs regionals (while they last) than the majors will scavange from their own WO'ed regionals. In fact, you can absolutely bet the entire farm on it. Parker and Anderson are not about to create a staffing problems at their WO'ed regionals when they can do so among the non-WO'ed regionals.