Originally Posted by
Aero1900
I think the upgrade bypassing FOs in Denver will keep on bypassing. They are dedicated to Denver and won't leave or sacrifice their quality of life to be a commuter. I believe junior captain spots will be junior for a long time to come.
Denver isn't and most likely won't grow, so all the future captain vacancies will be in Chicago and Orlando, and thus will go junior
I was thinking that too Aero, but if we open the LAS base I believe you will see senior Denver FO's willing to make a pretty easy commute to LAS. So a senior Denver FO will become a pretty senior LAS captain IMO.
With regards to a LAS base, BB was sighted there about a month ago - (not sure what he was doing - negotiating gates maybe?) and we start 4 new cities pairs end of October. Las to MKE, SFO,MIA,IAH.
I live in LAS and when I commute home on the last F9 flight, there are usually 2 crews deadheading to fly red eyes out of LAS.
Unless you specifically know something to the contrary, I hear a lot of LAS base opening rumors in the next 6 months.