Originally Posted by Proximity

Thing is, by the time a new hire can hold MCO as a captain, the landscape may (and will likely have) changed. The reason MCO is senior is driven by the former AirTran pilots and the weather/tax situation in Florida. Overtime, the AirTran pilots will be less of an impact as they get older and the pilot group becomes bigger. Another variable would be opening of a new base. For insistence, if BNA or FLL were to become bases, that would likely make MCO more junior. Or United could come in and open an MCO base and ULCCs could take a greater market share and MCO could shrink. It's certainly clear that SWA at this point doesn't have that much interest in expanding MCO (or other east coast domiciles).

I can give you a snapshot as of today. The most junior Captain in MCO was hired in 2007.

An example of things changing - when I was hired it took 10 years seniority to hold Atlanta...as a First Officer. Now it's not much different than any other base, new hires can easily hold it within 12 months.