SWA upgrades
05-17-2013 | 01:39 PM
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I haven't heard that yet but that really wouldn't make much sense to me. The AirTran guys can't upgrade until after 2015 and that's only if SWA is offering upgrade classes after 2015. If the senior FO's were to upgrade now, they would hold a captain seat unless something drastically bad happens with SWA, which I highly doubt is going to happen. Bypassing upgrade to not be junior to the AirTran guys who upgrade after 2015.....IF they even get a chance to upgrade, would be a little odd. Just my $.02
05-17-2013 | 05:52 PM
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A couple of dynamics at work here. Like many places, SWA has had a pretty stagnant seniority movement since Age 65 went into effect so many senior FO's have been enjoying a great QOL for the past 5 years so there's no rush to jump to the bottom of the Captain list when they can make almost as much money and wait until their seniority can let them bypass commuting to sit reserve as a junior Captain. Another factor is the inbalance of east vs west seniority--almost 3 years between the most jr Captain on the west coast (spring 2004 hire) vs the most jr Captain on the east coast (summer 2001 hire).
05-18-2013 | 09:34 AM
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05-18-2013 | 02:53 PM
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For that answer you would have to ask one of the hundreds of F.O.'s that have bypassed upgrade. I'm not one of them and neither is he so it would only be speculation as to what their reasoning is.
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