I think that on the surface, PDT does have the faster flow, at least mathematically.

I think that PSA's attrition is alarmingly high as compared to PDT. We are expecting to lose more than 30 a month (we lost 30 last month), and nearly 400 in a year to outside attrition. A good number of these are from the top of the list.

Well more than half of our pilot group have more than 5,000 hours in jets and have been in the regionals for 5 years or more. Most of these are the 200+ lateral transfer pilots that we picked up in 2014 and 2015. They are all now captains, have 1000PIC, and are leaving in droves.

PSA is sending more pilots to Delta each month than flowing to AA right now, and I know we have sent quite a few to the other Majors in the last few weeks alone. The flow to AA is a small part of our attrition from the top of the list.

In reality, we are sending just about as many pilots outside of the flow to AA now as we are pilots that are flowing. One of our CPs is leaving for AA soon, and I know of several other pilots that have interviews or class dates at AA in the coming weeks and months.

As pilots see that even FO's that are junior to them are getting picked up by JetBlue, Southwest, and others, the more senior captains that are waiting for the flow are starting to send their resumes out. We have guys that are less than 6 months away from the flow attending job fairs and getting picked up at other majors.

But, if you have to decide between Endeavor and PDT, PDT is a much better company to work for.