A Lance Captain is a captain-qualified first officer--a senior FO in domicile who chooses to complete upgrade but maintain First Officer status.

The Lance can pickup up to 9 duty days of captain flying per month, if they can clear their schedule to be legal for the pickup. The Lance bids at the top of the FO food chain for schedule and vacation, then works to drop FO trips to pick up CA-pay trips. All without having to commute cross-country to sit reserve as junior captain.

Original purpose for the company was to have a ready pool of CA-qual'd pilots to fill any sudden fleet gains.