Originally Posted by
hotbreeze
The most junior FO based at IAH just moved from 2015 to 2016 (basically 9 months out of training). It jumped 6 months just this month.
And, if a 15 year SFO FO doesn't ever want to commute (for a few months) in order to upgrade, then a pilot needs to be satisfied with their QOL and stay put. It is their choice. The most junior captain on both the CRJ and E-Jet at SFO is much less than 15 years.
The problems that SW pilots have are minuscule compared to others.
Yeah the IAH wait is a whole extra story. Still 9 months isn't bad even though it's nearly impossible to get out there.
Didn't really understand the 15 year SFO guy because our most senior base for Captain is SLC and that's 9 years. I know one of my buddies just upgraded this month from SFO but his employee number/hire date in the system is way off because he was a ramper for years.