Originally Posted by
captive apple
I had a 7th day jumpseater (assuming) who was never leaving the regional level because his seniority held Sunday off. Regionals are possible. You can quickly move up the FO side and then delay upgrade until you are in the top 1/3 of captains.
Had a guy in my class who had this restriction. Fortunately, we held lines right out of training as 727 F/Es so he made it work from the get go. The downside was he could never upgrade until he could hold weekends off. That delayed him quite a bit to both the right and left seats.
However, his faith and family took precedence, so I doubt he had much heartburn about the upgrade delays. Of course, we didn't have an up or out policy the way some airlines do/did.