Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
the company won’t be able to offer upgrade to a new hire until sometime next summer.
they have said they can’t get the programming complete for all the new reserve rules until August.
You will be hired as an FO and will be able to make the upgrade choice sometime next fall. Don’t stress
This is incorrect, and has been corrected many times. They can force new hires into captain as soon as the TA passes. The new hires cannot START CAPTAIN TRAINING until the new reserve rules are implemented. The new hires need 350 hours in type and complete the probation checkride. This will conveniently coincide to be about August 2024 when we will see the first new hire captains meet this requirement.