What would morale be like if the company had decided to keep captains out of seniority?
Im assuming those that were instant upgrades made a lateral move from another regional. Take the advice from a guy who has already made too many lateral moves and destroyed his resume, it wouldnt be worth the long term cost of another lateral move on the resume to leave C5 now. Just suck it up and take the short term cost, and wait out upgrade again. Its not worth it to the resume to make another lateral move.