Originally Posted by
whalesurfer
Currently it takes ~16 years for a line pilot to upgrade to a captain position at ups.
To clarify his post, the current junior captain is 16 years seniority. Newhires in 2014&2015 were forecasted to upgrade in about 10 assuming the statues quo remained (avg retirement at 63 and 400-something bypass bidders). The new contract and aircraft announcement(s?) will drop that by a couple of years assuming everything else stays the same.