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Originally Posted by NoValueAviator
You don't get it man. Senior pilots in same seat have to leave to move you up the list. Senior pilots can't leave because they flew less year one and don't have the minimum hours (currently the only barrier to upgrading).
I am not sure how to explain this any better.
Are you arguing just to argue now? How do you figure it has to be the same seat? If you are an LGA based FO and 10 OCL flow out, that means you could have 10 LGA FO's now ready to upgrade bid over to it. Movement above means movement below. Sure movement on your fleet is quicker, but hell any movement is good.
Your point still doesn't add anything, your first year or so here will be slow, somewhere around 300 hours but after that it picks up. You still never answered my question, what base are you at and did you choose that base? If you don't want to say the location, that's fair, but at least tell me that you are choosing to stay there or not. If you are choosing to stay in DFW, well that is your problem, I understand it if you live there, but you cant complain about hours when you are choosing to live and work in the most senior base. If you are in LGA or ORD, hang in there it will improve. When was your DOH?
I know you say 145 is the hell fleet, but is also our largest and with the most bases, giving you the most choice. I know people on every fleet and they all have nearly the same first year or so in terms of hours, which is what I am talking about here, not quality of lines and all of that.