Originally Posted by THKooj

The REAL flow was put in place by the New American because they were smart enough to understand that pilots wants a viable career path with only one interview. Yes, there was a "flow" before at the old Eagle but it didn't put substantial numbers through to AA. The 824 came through only as a remedy.

With that comes the need to hire American Airlines pilots and they controlled that. Thus the high barriers to entry. Being an American pilot on day one of indoc at Envoy is not an easy path to navigate. Those that get through were thoroughly vetted and as I've mentioned many times here before, the criteria was put out and the Envoy recruitment team had to go to work. AAG/Envoy was the initiator of the Pipeline program which was the most innovative thing put into place by any major carrier in the past 20 years. It has kept Envoy supplied with raw talent that had been thoroughly vetted. The ideal Envoy in the future will be 100% pipeline pilots and no more of these lifers who hang around for years and years. The flow thru program was working and hitting on all cylinders. You can't predict things like pandemics and so the flow is TEMPORARILY on hold. American's plan on the other side of Covid19 is one of the most aggressive and well thought out anywhere in the industry.