Originally Posted by
LarryLobster
How do upgrades work?
Say I'm a CRJ FO at LAX, will the company announce need for ERJ Captain at ORD and you bid for it and hold it if you're senior enough? Or is upgrade only available to me when the need is for a CRJ LAX captain? And is it all purely seniority driven?
The way I understand it, if you have a standing bid in for ORD CA in the ERJ it will be awarded to you if you are high enough on the seniority list for the number of ERJ CA’s needed that month. They don’t have to post vacancies in order for you to get it, because CA’s may bid out of ORD that same month and those vacancies have to be filled. I have heard they sometimes award out of seniority if you are transitioning at the same time you upgrade, because it takes longer to upgrade a CRJ FO to ERJ captain than an ERJ FO.