Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
So everyone has really junior CAs now that’s no longer a shocker like it was when DL first started this shift.
so now the question needs to be when can I be a line holding CA?
I was hired at UA in 2013:
I can hold one of the most Junior lines as a CA in EWR/SFO 320.
i can hold CA in EWR/DCA/SFO 320 and EWR/DCA/SFO/LAX 737.
holding junior CA is great but how long do you have to suck reserve eggs? A lot of pilots at majors won’t bid up until they are a solid line holder making forward progress in the seat difficult. Iv held CA for a little over a year now and am just at the point of junior crappy line.
depends on the base and seat. I took first available upgrade system wide just because I needed a change. Luckily, When I first upgraded back in 2017 (only took me 17 years, yeehaw!) it was just up the road in LGA 737. Only sat reserve 3 months then held a line.
Got DCA a year later, sat reserve 7 months (but sitting reserve at home) and been holding a line since then. Today I’m at 68% and almost getting weekends off plus some holidays. Been moving up nicely since quite a few senior DCA 737 CAs keep bidding up to Phl and NYC WB every bid run.
Things are moving fast...