Originally Posted by
DiamondDriver
No matter how much seniority you gain it won’t mean much if there’s no one behind you. You’re unfortunately still at the bottom.
I still don't get this... If Republic decided to never hire another FO, I would still move up the seniority list just as fast as if they hired 1,000,000 FO's tomorrow. On the other hand, if the rate at which Republic captains moved on to the majors suddenly doubled, then I would start moving up the list faster. Or, let's pretend those 100 new jets were going to all be placed in service in the next 6 months (wouldn't that be nice), but for some reason no new FO's were hired during that time... I promise you I would move up the list VERY quickly. I just don't see how it matters how many people are below you in seniority. I'm much more interested in what's happening with the people above me.