Originally Posted by
MySaabStory
Yes. In all fairness they had to make the choice years in advance...sometimes many years. In that time some people had their circumstances in life change and felt “forced” to flow.
Numbered guys were not forced to flow after hiring resumed in 2009. They were certainly pressured by those behind them, and especially by guys who had been displaced from CA to FO when flowbacks came.
Each guy that took a number created an opening for a fkowback and an CA to FO displacement.
The first batch of 35 were guys who’d gone over and been sent back when classes cancelled on 9-11. Prior to 2001 they did indeed have to flow.