Originally Posted by GroundPointNine

12. You’ll be on reserve with minimum days off most likely until FOs junior to you in class begin to upgrade or more DECs get hired after you. If you’re at the beginning/middle of the DEC wave it wouldn’t be too bad movement wise, but if you’re on the last half or one of the last few hired as a DEC when they shift back to hiring 1500 pilots then you’ll see the bottom of that list and a lot of airport standby for years potentially.