Originally Posted by
rickair7777
I actually have a suspicion about that...
I think AA may have (correctly) concluded that they're going to have to hire all of those people ANYWAY in the near future, degree or not, warts or not, so they cooked up this flow thing to get to keep them content with lower pay and attract flies to their regionals. Seems to be working like a charm.
"near future" being 20+ years from when the flow started?
I don't think they were that visionary back then.