Originally Posted by
fit29
Upgrade time is about 3 years, and I am confident that as more new pilots come in the old a hole captains will have to eventually adapt or move away.
I knew a guy a few years back who was forced to retire (age 60) at SWA... then got hired as CA on 73 at COPA... he was saying that the FO's stay FO's... thats why they hire so many direct captains... that was about a year ago. He ended up leaving ground school to take a desk job at SWA... so not sure if thats still the case or not but if I were you I would triple check on that.