Originally Posted by
IllinoisDavidson
"Flow through" does look a little more complicated than at first glance.
or are there other regionals with some kind of program that connects the candidates with a major following fulfillment of some requirements?
ID,
Yes, there are other hook-ups between regionals and mainline. American's wholly-owned regionals have, in my mind, what constitutes a
true flow through without further interview. However, the time to "flow" can be lengthy and is somewhat disputed for that reason but apparently it works...after a while.
Delta's wholly-owned regional, Endeavor, has the Delta Guaranteed Interview (DGI) available after some conditions (which escape me at the moment) are met. But it's only a standard interview with the success rate also debated. Found it:
http://www.endeavorair.com/content/e...I_Program.html
UAL has the CPP program with its affiliated regionals which stands for Career Path Program or words to that effect. The details of that one
really escape me but it's also much debated as to effectiveness. IIUC, it also is a ramp up to an interview.
Alaska Airlines has this with Horizon Air:
https://horizonair-pilot.jobs/pilot-pathways-program/
Trans States has some kind of deal with Frontier:
http://www.transstates.net/careers/p...s/default.aspx
All these programs are discussed over on Airline Pilot Central:
https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/regional/
https://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/airlines/regional
Hope this answers your questions at least until someone comes along with better details. And
while you may find exceptions, I think US airlines only consider "PIC" time as that when the pilot served as the captain of record so to speak...signed the dispatch release, etc. So yes, your husband would have to fly under Part 121 as F/O for that 1,000 hours to be be eligible for upgrade if/when captain slots become available.