Just to play devils advocate, what is to say only one of the AA wholly owned partners gets a stable? And by your logic, then no one should go to OO, YX, C5... really anywhere else.

Yes we don't have a flow. However, 9E isn't a bad place to be. You run the same risk here as you do anywhere else. If this place makes sense for someone, there is no reason for them to not come here. We can all sit here and guess what could happen. What is happening is that this is a good company to be a junior regional FO at. Plain and simple.

This is true, but it is not good for senior people or junior captains.

That's actually my point, AA has shown loyalty to its subsidiaries. If you are well qualified, you have exactly the same chance at Delta there, as you do here at 9E.

Loyalty to it's subsidiaries? By whipsawing them to get cheaper rates? Come on, sure they have flow, but don't pretend its anything more than it is.

Mainline is doing the same to its pilot's with joint ventures, Delta being the worst in this regard.

Exactly. A flow is just a way for AA to control the supply of pilots leaving their regionals. It benefits management more so than their pilots. In the next few years qualified pilots will be much better off in their careers actively pursuing better opportunities than waiting around for a flow.

Here's to that. They downright fu©ked their regionals in 2014

So who's hosting the shred party?
 

May 2nd. Finally

After Midnight on May 1 Paper charts will not be Legal and therefore only EFB will be allowed. Basically it will de quality anyone who has not completed the EFB process. So pass the word !!

The flow in AA's case I believe has less to do with attrition control and everything to do with being a ZERO COST recruiting tool.

Face it - it works for them.