For many years I wondered whats the point of the flow? Some pilots say “Plan B”, some say only hope to majors (skeletons?), some say only gateway to AA.

However, prior to covid, envoy flow was about to be severely throttled to 15, thus increasing dramatically off the street new hires, making outside regional hiring greater...moreover looking at skywest pilot averages, he or she only spent 3-4 years on property. Much shorter than the made up 5.5 years that will never occur. Last flowed was eagle hire at 8 years. Since no one at envoy has flowed, whats the point? Additionally, some have concluded that other airlines like dal or ual are reluctant to hire envoyers do to thinking of their AA fandom. Thus, little outside attrition exists compared to other regionals.

Wouldn’t the regional prison sentence be shorter without the flow? Just look at other regionals averages!