The most junior Jet CA (EMB ORD) awardee (May class) has an Oct 98 hire date... And I see a Nov 99 LA Saab CA awardee (Jul Class)

I'm betting a new hire today will take 4 years to get to the Saab or ATR, 6 to the EMJ.


However, Eagle brass think they need to get rid of thier high longevity Captains. Exactly how they're going to get that done is still a mystery. Especially to them. Rumors include bribing SW and other mainlines to take more Eagle guys and paying them a stipend untill thier OAL pay matches what their Eagle pay would have been. If that doesn't work - which it probably won't - some have speculated that line checks might get a lot more difficult.

IF they manage to get half of the guys hired 1990 or before to go away that would open up another 250-300 Captain seats, which might drop that upgrade to 3 and 5. Which is what the bean counters want... to lower the cost of Labor by reducing longevity in order to compete better with RAG, et al.