Originally Posted by
Humboldt
Please don't slaughter me but I pose this:
Why wait for things to shake out? Apply to NWA on your own and make the jump on your own. Why sit out when you can get in the game by yourself?
Like I said, I don't know much about these flow thru agreements. Maybe there is something I'm missing. If it were up to me, I'd take my own career by the horns and move to NWA on my own, NOW, not when someone else determines my fate.
Am I off base?
Yep. Flow up also includes flow down if NWA furloughs pilots.
When a Mesaba pilot flows to NWA, the name associated with his seniority number at the time he leaves Mesaba will say “Flow” and will not be given to the next most senior pilot. These “flow” position holders on the seniority list will move up with attrition. If NWA furloughs pilots, NWA pilots may use their NWA seniority to flow to Mesaba into these vacant “flow” positions on the Mesaba Seniority List, and not into any other position on the Seniority List. This system insures that no Mesaba pilot will occupy a position lower on the Seniority List than when the Flow Through process was implemented.