Can't be that popular, I've been at it for 40 years and never heard the expression. But talking about entertaining Idiocy, pilots continue to talk about how you won't be hired at brand X because of where you currently work. That is a rabbit whole of ridiculousness.

In this business there isn't a "destination" When I got on the hiring pool at Eastern, I thought that was it for the remainder, when I got hired at ANA, the same. FedEx is now what people would consider a destination. But I remember when they were flying raggedy Falcons and no one would look at them twice.

Getting hired is about timing and a good first impression, not where you work. PanAm, TWA, Eastern were all Legacy Carriers.