Originally Posted by skillett

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Originally Posted by prior121


Skillet almost everyone on the current seniority list will be able to upgrade by Jan 2015 given they have the time. Ask MK or anyone from the training dept in PHX. they're confirm.





That would be great, if it were true. 20 more CRJ 9 for Airways, I heard it would only be 10. Emb 175's will trickle in. 2 in Aug. 14', 2 more in Oct 14' and so on. 6 total for 2014. I can hold Capt. IAD now but I am holding out for an Emb/IAH base and I'm not the only one. Being one of the more senior FO's I calculated I will not hold the Emb 175 capt till 2015. And I figure IOE captains will be on the Emb 175 all of next year because many of the new hire FO's will need 50-100 hours of IOE. There are also a lot of senior FO's holding out for either a line or their base on the CRJ. With the numbers 26 airplanes, (20 CRJ not 10) for the end of 2014. 26x5=130 new captains. Holding captain statewide, (Hawaii doesn't count) is getting close to the 400 seniority number. Remember some of us holding-out, that can hold it now. Let's just -30 on that. So 370+130=500. Remember attrition gets worse as your seniority moves down. (I dropped 8 numbers all of this last year) I would say at least 250 captains will not move on. They will retire here, and that number could go up.(people get comfortable[no commute/good schedules]or money/family gets in the way) So by the end of 2014 you will have to be around the 500 seniority number to hold captain, IF? we get more CRJ 9 for Airways.