Originally Posted by aa73

Not necessarily. At senior bases like LAX and DCA, in many cases the top 10% of FOs do not ever want to upgrade. Many of them are either independently wealthy, or have other jobs where they don't need the CA pay check and love their seniority. So when there are CA vacancies, they are filled by other CAs or FOs transferring in from other bases. This exact situation just happened here in DCA: 6 CA and FO vacancies for the 8/31 bid run.... Not one award came from the DCA FO ranks. Frustrating, but understandable.