Originally Posted by Mesabah

Yes, technically you could get hired outside of the flow. However, it is unlikely due to the fact that, say a class of 30 pilots comes through, they are already filled with at least 9 mesaba and 20 pilots from compass. If the class size is larger than that, the better your chances. I asked this question to some of the people I know at NWA/Delta who deal with pilot hiring, they said to get hired outside of the flow would require passing the interview, being approved by upper management for the added training expense, and have union approval to accept more pilots from the wholly owned vs say the military. In other words, to get on outside the flow you're going to have to know a lot of people or be a minority....

Edit: Or you can quit mesaba, go work somewhere else then apply. This is the best option in my opinion.....