I'll just give you facts, when the last flow pilot left in December the upgrades were rumored to slow way down. However, we've had vacancies run through June 2016 and all but one has had over 10 upgrades. Our attrition has been through the roof, about as high as it was when we had the flow going. As long as that keeps up our upgrades will happen fast.

Another thing a lot of outsiders don't realize is that the large majority of our captains have tons of experience. They aren't the 1000 hour in the right seat quick upgrade type. Almost every captain I've flown with spent years at other stagnant airlines. In a nutshell, they are very competitive for a job at the majors.