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Old 10-06-2021 | 07:17 PM
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Like Gary said above, seniority lists are weighted on the captain side. As a general rule, most airlines seem to run at around 55-60% captains. Right now we’re about 52% on the captain side. So we’re definitely a little short on captains, but that was already public knowledge. In any case, if the most junior captain is currently at 60%, that would leave it at around an 8% bypass. For what it’s worth, I took the upgrade in the not too distant past and most of my group was made up of people taking the first available. I think we all got comfy and confident in the future prior to covid. The covid situation seems to have shaken a lot of people out of their comfort tree and wanting to grab a captain seat when they could.
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