Unlikely but even if true, they would be forever junior to you. You go directly to a line as soon as you meet company minimums which is what? - another 5-6 months. - while they do reserve for a year as one FO after another leapfrogs right over them.

I don't get it. Half the regional's have FOs intentionally delaying upgrade for QOL reasons, some of them whine about how their companies are forcing them to upgrade when they don't want to,and you are complaining about not being to upgrade to captain until you have what? 2500 HR TT? 3000 TT?

Your Suck-o-meter needs recalibration.

After your 12 month "short" tour in the sandbox has been extended by four months because they are short on relief personnel, it's kind of hard to listen to someone whining about a five or six month delay in upgrading when that person is sleeping in nice hotels and not in a bunker bunk room with four other guys, and when he's getting home two weeks a month.

We get it, you'd like to get your TPIC and move on. So would everybody, but you might try keeping things in perspective.