No, sorry the flow did exist with the 824 when I got hired at Eagle, but it didn't exist for new hires. That's what I meant. When I went to eagle I didn't plan on having a flow agreement. I was part of the protected pilots and that agreement didn't exist yet. Either way, I'm not sure why that matters. I was just making a point that for some people AA is their first choice. The reason we flow isn't because we can't get hired elsewhere. Some people were making it out be that if we were worth hiring that Delta and United would have already hired us, so the pool of flows were of lesser quality. Maybe some guys can't get hired because they don't have a degree or something but who cares. As long as they are a good pilot, I'm not sure why a fellow line pilot would care about that.

As long as the flows are good pilots and good to work with, which I'm sure the overwhelming majority are, then I don't see why so many people are against it. I'm not sure where the idea that some people are good enough for the regionals but not the majors comes from. Get over yourself. It's the same job just different aircraft. I worked with a lot of people at Eagle over the years and 99% were great to work with. I never had any problems getting along with anyone, so I seriously doubt those same people are going to be terrible to work with at AA.

I'm sure there are some "bad apples" occasionally that get through, but don't kid yourself and pretend like they are only the flows and without the flows that would never happen. I bet its a very small percentage. If it was a major problem, then I'm sure the flow would have already stopped.