I know some of this will be basic, but I do appreciate your response. So, if AA flows whatever the contractual requirement is, and also hires outside the flow, is it correct to assume the outside the flow hires will be minorities, military, people with degrees, exc, and the "flow" will be non-degreed, young, people with DIU's, exc? What makes a pilot competitive outside the flow, and why wouldn't AA just guarantee a 5 year (pick a number) flow instead of the vague guestimates they use now? My assumption would be that even if they did take alot of their WO pilots, they would have no problem getting new people if there was a guaranteed timeline (or maybe even a flow at xx years or get xx yearly bonus to stay put?)