I had a couple of no deadzoner Captains at the start of my trip.

My current FO is a yes. He can taste the golden fourth stripe as a 717A. I told him that there was no way he would get a bid, he's too junior. I can't convince him otherwise. He has a military pension and an expensive second wife.

My previous FO was a yes. He had just gone through a divorce and needed the money. He was the best of the best and a graduate of the zoo. Do I need to say more? I didn't try to engage him. There wasn't room. His ego took up all the room in his brain.

I'm a no. I think it will pass. You have to give the Company credit, they know who to hire. I'm still not sure how I was hired. I didn't rock or fit the mold. They gave just enough to make it attractive to the fence sitters.