Originally Posted by
Turbosina
Agreed. There were a few hundred (?) very lucky new hires who were able to get CA slots right off probation, but the last few bids have seen the most junior upgrade awards go to people in the 10-11K range. The days of the quick upgrades appear to be over, for the time being. My uneducated guess is that the massive changes in reserve rules (18 hour callout) has made life as a junior reserve CA much more reasonable, especially for commuters.
This right here. I say this as someone who is bidding 90 percent as a jr ca…
There are folks who are senior to me that can’t into my BES either.
They have to commute to a different base vs being able to drive to work because they held out…