Originally Posted by
ZeroTT
If the economy tanks and hiring at UAL, SW, DL, AA, FDX, UPS, etc all "meter" then both attrition from PSA and flows to AA will slow and time to flow will be much higher.
The benefit of the flow agreements at the AA WOs is that if hiring is metered at mainline a little bit due to some unforeseen circumstance, the flows will essentially make up the bulk of the classes and there will be essentially zero off the street hiring at AA. But as stated above, it would take something grievous to really halt anything at this point. AA can’t afford to stop training due to the massive retirements.