Originally Posted by Excargodog

Let’s say Delta doubles the hiring to an even 1000. And let’s say they double the flow hiring - to 120.

Endeavor has 1600 pilots. At 120 pilots a year an Endeavour new hire would be looking at 1600/120 or roughly 14 or 15 years before they could flow to Delta. Of course, that isn’t reality. Some will never flow, while many others will depart for greener pastures - SWA, UA, AA, B6, or even a non-flow hire to Delta, long before 15 years are up. And when they do, that shortens the time to flow for those that aren’t going to get there anyway except by the flow. While the flow allows some who would otherwise never get there at all to get to Delta, the actual time for flowees (flow-ers?) to get there is far more dependent on the success of their more competitive brethren than it is their own efforts.

and understand this, flow is a mechanism to KEEP THE REGIONAL STAFFED, not to keep the Major staffed. Delta has far more applicants - well qualified applicants - from ALL the regionals and the military than it needs for its own hiring.