Originally Posted by
Zman81
There is NO captain hired in 2011!! Those people that you see are lances that have since lost their star. Lances right now are more senior then me. The most junior real captain is (74XX GD). If you start with him and go up that’s the most junior. I know because I am not that far above him. I was a 2008 hire at AirTran.
Looking it up is a PITA (I'll probably look it up Friday because I'll be looking at the displacement carnage)...but junior lances still have their star as they've had no opportunity to bid captain. It's the senior lances that lose their star.