Originally Posted by
Spooledup
Anyone know how the Compass flowthrough/back works? Here's a quote from this site:
"NWA pilots can flow back, however any Compass pilot turning down the flow through to NWA retains seniority over any NWA flowing back"
What if you're a junior Compass guy and you elect not to flow up. When someone flows down, do they go below you in the list if others above you have elected to flow up? This is just a hypothetical, but how would this work at Comair if some elected to flow up and other didn't? If the Delta guys start coming down, do they go below the most junior guy that didn't elect to flow up?
How it works at Compass is up to 20 pilots a month can flow up, but not more than 25% of the seniority in a rolling 12 month calander. So the flow though would be offered to the top 20 guys at Compass. If one of those guys declines the flow through then he will have seniority over and mainline guys flowing down. The junior guys really do not have a say because if you are not in the top 20 at the time then it does not matter what you want and the mainline guys flowing down will have seniority over you. Make sense?
The problem with Comair getting a flow through agreement is that Compass and Mesaba had their agreements first. So when Delta starts to hire again the first available spots will go to Compass and Mesaba before Comair would be able to flow guys up. Delta would have to be hiring a massive amount of pilots a month for it to even be a benefit to us.