Originally Posted by Turbosina

Very junior (just short of a year) UAL guy here. I was in one of SWA's last classes before they shut down hiring. I totally get the pain of a transcon commute -- nearly all of my SWA classmates are commuting to RSV in BWI and MCO. But as others have said, for the love of God do not leave SWA unless you're going to another major (and right now, the three legacies are all hiring).

Plus, upgrade at UAL is vastly longer than it was a few months ago. The latest vacancy bid is likely going to see the most junior upgrade at around 60 pct system seniority. That's about the same upgrade time as at SWA. Literally hundreds if not thousands of UA upgrades have happened in the past year. I do think UA upgrades will get a bit more junior than the latest bid shows, but if you think you're missing a quick upgrade at UA -- that ship sailed a long time ago for a lot of us...

Hang in there. SWA FO is not a bad place to hang your hat for a bit...