All true but not necessarily dissimilar to other regionals where a number of people either got trapped or had to start over during the ‘lost decade.’ The point is, I got in, got my type rating, have spent less than two weeks on reserve, and am looking at an upgrade in less than 18 months from showing up for Indoc.

At the other places Where I was offered CJOs I would have been on reserve for at least four and as much as eight months with minimal flying before getting a line at all. I would have then waited at least 24 months -possibly a lot longer - to get the opportunity TO upgrade. The reason is that the captains in those regionals aren’t leaving very fast. That alone holds upgrade opportunities up for every FO. So it really doesn’t matter WHY people Senior to me are leaving at the rate of 20 per month, the simple fact that they ARE leaving opens up opportunities to all the junior people.

You might question whether future Compass Captains will be as successful at moving on as current ones, I suppose, since for most Compass FOs this is their first and only 121 experience and they are becoming captains rather quickly, only time will tell, but with record retirements coming up, even the majors are going to be dipping deeper into the barrel when it comes to total time, but at least these people will get their 1000 TPIC fairly quickly.

But right now if your career progression depends upon a senior captain leaving who isn’t even TRYING to get out, because his pay ain’t bad, he’s getting good schedules, and - what the H€||, he’ll flow in a couple of years anyway... - well, good luck with that.