Originally Posted by word302 (Post 2836067)

It's a gimmick to keep your wages suppressed, nothing more.

Originally Posted by 60av8tor (Post 2836466)

While I agree a flow isn’t the end all be all, and current new hires will not get the benefit of several years ago, this sentiment isn’t 100% accurate. There are guys at PSA making pretty decent coin who will flow at 5ish years. Pretty nice if you ask me - a little more than wage suppression. Lots of guys with lots of experience not getting the call.

Originally Posted by PhantomHawk (Post 2834529)

Met Yeager when I was a kid. Even at 8 years old, I could tell he was a bit of an a$$. That opinion was shared by every adult male who had invited him to be at Miramar’s Air Show that year.

Originally Posted by No Land 3 (Post 2838301)

Heard exactly the same thing of the Hudson guy.

Originally Posted by PontiusPilot (Post 2833796)

So... anecdotal and not actually supported by anything.

Originally Posted by Xjrstreetcar (Post 2838408)

"Similarly, in their book, “Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses,” Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa studied twenty-four hundred college students at twenty-four different universities over a four-year period2. They reported that critical thinking and other skills such as writing were no longer progressing during college as compared to previous generations of students."

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-intuitive-parent/201703/the-emerging-crisis-in-critical-thinking

Originally Posted by SSlow (Post 2824924)

Agreed. Plus it keeps their contracted labor source somewhat adequately staffed in the meantime to fuel profits and keep investors happy. What is really going to suck for these poor folks is when the retirement flood gates open and the strong economy is still humming along. At that point AA will either have to A) flow everyone (spoiler alert: that will never happen), or B) merge with one of the smaller LCC/ULCC airlines - the more likely scenario for a multitude of reasons.

At that point the "flow thru" will be more like a "stay put in your RJ for another five years" and all of the 90s babies will be p*ssed because for the first time in their careers things won't be all rainbows and butterflies.