Originally Posted by
EWRflyr
And how would them staying a 747 CA be any different even if they weren't at the exact top of the list? Most likely there will be fences or positions available on where there are vacancies.
It would also be wrong to assume the biggest airplane captains are the most senior or the most senior people are always captains.
We have tons of senior FOs who could easily hold captain on everything from the 737 to the 777 if they desired. They don't bid it because our contract, work rules and PBS creates a vacuum. Their QOL would suffer by upgrading. Get all this fixed and you will see some movement off the senior FO ranks when vacancies occur in the system.
UAL is no different having many FO's with Capt seniority staying super senior in the right seat for the same reasons you stated.
The SLI process will look at an individual's career expectation as if they elected to exercise that option to advance. Current status will be preserved to the extent possible but will have nothing to do with their post SLI seniority.
Frats,
Lee