Opening the Detroit base threw things off a little bit though. The bottom 30 captains on the list are nearly all in Detroit and not a single upgrade was awarded to any other base in the last bid. Upgrades slowed down to one class per month for the summer like they usually do. Once Detroit is staffed and they're awarding to other bases the upgrade bids will probably go a little bit more senior for a while again.

Last summer the upgrade time was at 3 years 8 months as of the August 2015 bid award, then not a single captain junior to that was awarded until January which spiked the upgrade time back up to about 4 years 3 months. It's very possible that something similar will happen this fall due to Detroit going so junior.