Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan

Recently flew with a Captain who took earliest upgrade. Commutes from Florida to the West Coast. Has to fly PMs because they are junior out there for some reason and that's all he can hold.So he gets up at oh-dark-thirty, commutes out West, then flies to Hawaii, arriving around 10pm local or around 4am Eastern Time after being awake for almost 22 hours. That sounds miserable.

Pros and cons of the "early" upgrade I guess.



He has decided to bid back to FO until he can hold something closer to home.