Your comment is irrelevant. I was commenting on the previous post which emphasized choosing a larger regional over a smaller one because you would move up faster. I never said anything about needing PIC time (although it is more valuable than SIC time).

With regards to attrition at places like Expressjet, I have no doubt that it is happening; I have no doubt it is happening everywhere. I'm saying that in order to move up on the seniority list, a lot of people have to move in front of you. If 52 people moved on from your airline in June, you lost 1% of your pilot group. At a place like Compass or Trans States, that equates to 4 people. I would be willing to bet that they see 4 people leave each month. In fact, Compass is flowing 20 pilots a month starting in December. That means the most junior pilot there will, at the very least, move up 5 times faster than your most junior pilot. My point stands.