Originally Posted by
Cujo665
Nope, not the first 35, not the 824, not the protected pilots. Nobody after 9-11 was forced to transfer. Pressured to go yes, but nobody was forced that I’m aware of. There was a large group pushing for “must flow” but I’ve never been a fan of mob rule. The key wording as I recall was “opportunity to flow” which was interpreted at the time to mean they did not have to avail themselves of the opportunity. It was a heated debate at the time, but as I recall, it ended up being voluntary only.
Yep. The “what about” was the tag line of the time.
What most in my peer group at Eagle didn’t like was the fact that those that declared Flow created a flow back spot—and then didn’t want to go? That hurt junior pilots.
Bottom line is a flow agreement is a carrot on a stick, but as time goes on that carrot gets eaten away.