I know of several people in the last few months that have interviewed and were not hired. It is actually not that easy. We are getting lots of applications and we are being selective.

At this point, with the hiring that is going on at the majors, any decent pilot should be able to get hired outside of the flow at a decent major in just a few years. Flowing to the lowest paid major with the worst management (AAL) should not be anyone's first choice right now. Flow is a nice backup plan, but that should not be the reason to choose an airline. Look at quality of life and bases.