Originally Posted by 756IAHFO

It comes down to experience. Most UAL FOs have not been captain on anything in the past 12 years. Most of the CAL pilots have been a captain either at CAL or at a regional within the past 7 years.

Which pilot do you want making captain decisions?? The one sitting around and comfortable in the right seat and is getting old or the young guy that has recent PIC experience.

Ask passengers this question....

We have now gone to a merit based system, finally. In this case I will be chief pilot soon.