Originally Posted by
e6bpilot
Those reading this who get hired towards the back end of that wave at AA/DL/UA are going to be stuck in the right seat for a very long time. Delta has front loaded a lot of hiring with young pilots, so they are already seeing that stunted seniority growth in the future to a degree. While I know that seems far off, go back 10 years on this forum and read some of the posts. Eye opening.
Not entirely accurate..... At least at Delta there are MANY choices you have to make, each with significant opportunity cost. You will be able to hold left seat pretty quick if you pick a smaller category and/or base yourself in NYC or LA for example. It will be awhile to bid 777 captain in ATL, but even now a new hire will have amazing seniority portability around the system depending on the base and the companies equipment decisions.
So if LEFT seat is YOUR goal, you will do much better at a legacy than SWA for quite some time. It may not be your dream assignment though, that is why often WB FO is significantly more senior at some bases than the NB Captain positions.