Originally Posted by
THKooj
You're twisting the facts. Nobody and I mean NOBODY could have predicted this pandemic that has affected every. single. carrier. The flow is on pause until traffic returns which should be in the 1st to 2nd quarter timeframe with the rollout of the vaccine. Once that first pilot flows, then a brand new hire would be able to calculate his or her 5.5 year flow from that date. Anyone there before would subtract the time at Envoy until Covid and then restart the clock once hiring begins to also get the 5.5 year flow. I'm telling you AA is innovative. So, tell me why United and Delta don't have flows?
You are so full of it. Say the flow hadn't stopped. It is a ratio-based flow after the L10-11 group is gone and all depends on how many pilots are on property and how many AA hires. Per Letter 18-01, the Voy gets 5 flows for the top 480 pilots, and then one flow per 125 pilots thereafter.
Say there are 2300 pilots on property, 2300 pilots - 480 top pilots =1820 remaining / 125 = 14.56 + 5 = 20 flows per month.
We know that the top 200 won't flow, so there are 2100 pilots who would flow if they waited.
2100 pilots / 20 flows per month = 105 months from hire to flow.
Now we all know that not everyone will wait out the flow, so you can take a year off if you want. That leaves you with 7.75 years from indoc to freedom.
DELTA and United don't have flow agreements because they read your posts and want to avoid having people like you slip through the cracks and fly their planes.