No-one can predict the hiring that's going to happen in the next 6-7 years at legacies/LCC's. All we know is that it won't be anything like in the past 6-7 years.

Saying that "flow is just to staff the regionals" or "they won't hire from their WOs because they don't want to kill that feed" is just ignorant. That same issue affects every single major. DL doesn't "want to" hire from EDV, UA doesn't "want to" hire from CommutAir, etc.

They will get their pilots from wherever they can get them. And if you say working for AA WO means you won't get hired at AA outside the flow, well, there's SW/UA/DL/UPS/FDX for you. And from CommutAir/XJT, go to DL/AA and so on. The non-WO regionals can't supply the pilots these airlines need.

The regional affiliation won't matter much in the next 5-6 years. The need for pilots will be so huge that "traditional" rules won't apply.

My crystal ball says Spirit/JB/F9 will have hiring bonuses in the next 5 years or so.