Originally Posted by
Thedude
My answer was a bit more rhetorical.
Saying 25+ yrs is being disingenuous at best when the contract allowing flows has only been in place for 17yrs (from the comment I posted on).
The original flow through began circa 1996 with the delivery of the first RJ iirc. It may have been 1997. Either way it's 20+ years ago. The cadre RJ captains had a 24 month seat lock after which the flow was triggered. The initial flows began 1998-1999 ish.