Originally Posted by
Autothrust
I think the people bragging about that are in for a rude awakening anyway. I was on reserve for a long time after I upgraded and it was miserable. I got called in a lot, involuntary TDY, and sent to other bases for days at a time. The company knew and accepted that they would be fat during the transition. Enjoy the good times now cause once the transition is over they are going to tighten everything up. Of course for me that means lots of VFN money, but I have a feeling some of our junior pilots are going to see a whole different company.
All airlines are always short of Captains, at least from what I've seen. There are always surplus FOs though.