The flow predates Dougie at Airways. It goes back to a promissory note that was attached to LOA 92, giving carriers who participated in the J4J program a path upward once the J4Js returned home. Unfortunately, the actual language of the flow up was pushed into LOA "TBD" and never happened. When it came time to pay the piper, Lyle Hogg (who ironically is now the president of PDT) had no recollection of every agreeing to anything and with no actual language, us regional trash were stuck watching Airways hire from regionals not in the Express system so as to not cause staffing issues with their feed. It wasn't until 2011 or maybe even 2012 that they agreed to officially interviewing WO pilots (just PSA and PDT at that time) and there wasn't an actual flow up until 2015 or later.