Originally Posted by
kalyx522
yea, what plastic said. Q is actually the junior equipment for FOs right now by far, not the other way around. It is out of choice, not because the senior FOs were gipped out of it. (Q=crap base and more militant operations for exact same pay.) Plus if you transition there is a 1-yr seatlock, so if you were senior enough to upgrade when that opens up, you'd still be stuck as an FO in the seatlock. Hence the lack of transitions for the senior FOs.
I suspect the Q CA roster in IAH will be filled by about half CA transfers from EWR, about half transitions from the Saab in IAH, plus a handful of FOs with the times to upgrade. The FO side will be heavy on the transfers from EWR, the rest filled with new hires. This will leave a bunch of empty CA and FO seats on the Q in EWR. Guess where Q new hires are going?
You're not going to find IAH Saab FOs transitioning to the Q. There's no point. Why waste a month in training to come out the other side with the same pay, and a seat lock? Spock would say that is illogical.
You'll probably see a lot of outstation vacancies opening up in the Saab, as those guys fill the empty seats in EWR, IAD and IAH. That is if they haven't closed all of the outstations by then, as nobody who is a commuter wants an outstation base.
I'm lucky enough to have only had to spend 6 months after I was hired commuting to an outstation. That gives "suck" a whole new definition.