Originally Posted by ThumbsUp

You may be able to upgrade to captain sooner at UAL, but being a lineholder is a different story. So you would still have to plan on commuting for several years as a reserve. That could be as little as 5 years or much longer even in the most junior CA domicile. Commuting to reserve, especially here is abysmal. The Jr NB lineholder in IAH was hired just under a year ago, although you might find that working less and sitting reserve in domicile is preferable to working more on a jr line.