Originally Posted by
daldude
Captain in 9 years. Way to go. I would think many would like to have your career.
For additional perspective, I was hired hired 13 years ago am 9700 on the list cannot hold the most jr capt position in the company for another 6 years and do not crack 6000 until 2023.
I'm totally complaining. But 9 years...I would love to upgrade in 15 or 16 or 19 years. Just saying
Like I said, I'm not complaining... especially about that aspect. (Although it's not exactly as great as it sounds. I was a TWA new hire in 1989... so it took me 18 years in the majors to upgrade to Captain at 47 years old). As anyone who's been in this career more than a few years knows, it's all about timing and to a certain degree luck of the draw. It SUCKS to be a 2000/2001 hire at Delta. No doubt about it. I'm sorry you're having to endure that. Hopefully going forward we'll get some better representation (one way or the other) and at least SOME of the dollars you missed out on during "the lost decade" can be recouped. I hope so.