How many of those pilots (or those around them) were previously displaced from captain positions?...in other words, re-upgraded.

If a guy finally took an upgrade for the first time from being senior WB FO, while the guys around him have been displaced from captain's positions for a a couple years, I guess you can call that a "new captain", but it doesn't tell the whole story.

Once you upgrade the guy junior to the most junior guy that held captain, then you can say "new upgrades" and have it mean anything.

It's the same as getting a marginal pay increase after taking a large pay cut, and calling it a "raise".

Nu