I disagree with this. I don't like flow throughs, because it guarantees a job to any pilot at that regional who just waits long enough. I'd rather major airlines hire the most competitive candidates. No degree? No job. No one will recommend you because you are a bad pilot to fly with? No job. Giving a guaranteed interview vs. a flow through is a way of weeding out the bad applicants. I'd much rather have it this way. American (the airline doing the most flow throughs right now) is going to get a lot of terrible pilots in a few years.