That is what the numbers are showing. I wouldn't say that IND has been a junior captain base though. For certain reasons it's more popular than the other large bases. What's crazy is, 70% of the IND captains have 10 years or more of seniority, so they obviously like something about it! It could be stuff like: they like living there, favorable commute options (FDX base), or characteristics that were once favorable, but now the seniority they have is worth more than leaving.

But, it looks like it's trying to get better. The time-to-hold difference between the junior captain 4 months ago, and the junior captain in May, will be almost a year. It's just that the other senior bases have shown greater improvement, so IND has moved down on the list overall.

As fancy as the data looks, it's not predictive beyond the May awards. It could look a lot different when someone upgrades later in the year, next year, and beyond. We can only hope the trends will indicate it'll change for the better.