Originally Posted by
Wormburner
I've seen ads for these airlines promising 2 year flow to their respective mainline carriers as a DEC, and I presume after completing CA upgrade.
What does the fine print say? Is flow more or less guaranteed after 24 months or is it a "xx per month" situation.
My understanding is that Endeavor's deal is that you're eligible to flow after 2 years, but just because you're eligible doesn't mean you get to skip everybody else in line. You have to wait until it's your hire date's turn to flow, which could be 7 years.
GoJet and Mesa as part of Aviate is a flow after flying as a PIC for them for 1600 hours. Hit that magic number and allegedly you auto-flow within 4 months. With everybody so desperate for captains I would imagine that you would get abused by crew scheduling and have a low QOL, but would fly a lot.
Between the three, I'd say the United flow is significantly more advantageous than the Delta one, but I would have reservations about GoJet surviving 1600 hours. As an outsider looking in, Mesa looks like the best deal to me.