Even regional FOs with no TPIC are getting picked up at the legacies. ULCC FOs with A320 or B737 time are an even hotter commodity. It’s a strange situation with seniority. ULCC CAs who aren’t on reserve have too much to lose to start over again somewhere new as a first year FO on reserve making considerably less than where they are. If they are young enough, and there are no black swans, no company bankruptcies, etc., they will PROBABLY make that up within 6-7 years, but that’s only a probably and their relative seniority will be in the crapper for a long time too.

It’s the exact opposite of the regionals where they don’t have enough CAs and senior FOs are departing the fix before upgrade. They aren’t upgrading because the FOs don’t have the 121 hours to do it. The ULCCs aren’t upgrading because they don’t have enough FOs for the CAs they have and they lose more every day.

These be strange times…