Originally Posted by
ZeroTT
Flow speed is 1) not a reasonable metric to pick 2) not reasonably forseeable now anyway
look at flow as career insurance. You have a backstop against being a regional lifer but it is NOT plan A
100%.
Most people forget the other benefit. At airlines with a flow, there is "guaranteed" attrition at the top to keep the list moving. You know that you will always be working yourself towards a captains seat (as long as something like COVID doesn't stop all hiring again). Some airlines see most of their attrition from the middle or bottom of the list. With a flow, you know that there will always be at least a good percentage of movement off of the top of the list.