Originally Posted by full of luv

This has been the case since the 90's with any regional owned by the same holding company as the mainline, and that's even when pilots were plentiful. Joke used to be at Eagle that the best way to get hired at AA was to quit Eagle first!

Why take from your operation (other than just a few to keep the hope alive) when you can steal employees from your competitor for an overall lower cost to the air group due to much less recruiting/training expense.