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JFS 3
There are no pilots on the seniority list who are involuntary captains. (By this I mean, forced into the left seat during BI - there are tons of people who bid NB CA for money, ego, FOMO, etc. that desparately want to go back to WB FO.)
There are no captains on the seniority list who have been trained under 9-K. With how senior all captain vacancies went last month, I doubt we'll ever see one.
There were people who had no choice during the drop. I have personally flown with one. He was 25 years old, about 2,400 total time, zero TPIC and his only jet time was about 400 hours at Spirit from what I remember. After one year and 500 hours at United he will be going to upgrade training unless someone else bids his slot. With slowed hiring, hopefully that happens since he's not ready. I'm personally hoping that hiring does not get back to the pace that it was. Controlled growth is good, but the unchecked growth that we were experiencing was a problem waiting to happen.