Originally Posted by leftcoast

65---SIXTY FIVE!! New 737-700's are on their way plus a handful of 319's. those are new captain jobs as UAL takes flying back from the 50 seat segment.

Many FOs who could've held captain recently are settling into new widebody a FO jobs. They probably won't be moving soon.

The bids to fill those guppies will be large. Large bids go Junior pretty quickly. I think a post merger hire will be flying captain before next summer.

Even this quick upgrade is slower than what delta has experienced with their MD-80 in New York.