Originally Posted by
TED74
Honest question: It's great for newbies who want to upgrade to those early-year left seats, but why are those left seats so undesirable that thousands of pilots above them didn't bid them? There's definitely a wow factor on the opportunity, but also a wow factor that something must really stink (apparently worse than when you guys were hired) for most of those eligible for such upgrades to pass on them.
Different FOs have different reasons. Many were genuinely surprised at how junior the left seat went and did not have bids in. Others have been furloughed through the lost decade and are chasing QOL. Some probably bid with LCA others probably enjoy WB FO and yes being junior in NB left seat can be very undesirable.
As always options are always good.
But for those paying close attention the "early left years seats" peaked on the May 2017 MOAB and have been trending upward ever since - I trend that I think will continue.
Scoop