View Poll Results: Displace back to FO or Commute for Left Seat?
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140 Downgrades
07-26-2025 | 02:15 PM
#11
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If I downgrade at Spirit I might as well go to a Legacy. Especially since a few years into it I’d be making more than 12 Year Spirit FOs. And if I took first Upgrade for United at the year mark, I’d be making more than a 12 Year Spirit Captain.
07-26-2025 | 02:15 PM
#12
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Latest rumours of 270 furloughs/140 downgrades and 3 base closures seem to be close to the mark
then? Looks like a ton of displacements if that’s the case…
07-26-2025 | 02:17 PM
#13
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07-26-2025 | 02:27 PM
#14
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07-26-2025 | 02:30 PM
#15
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Anyone else hear about the downgrades coming? IAH Captain and looking at weighing my options between downgrading or between commuting to Florida. Kid headed into college so I can’t really afford the downgrade, but my QOL is about to tank. Just added a bunch of 135 Apps out there since I haven’t had ANY luck with Legacies calling me.
For those bottom Captains about to get displaced, what’s yall plans, commute, or downgrade to avoid commuting?
For those bottom Captains about to get displaced, what’s yall plans, commute, or downgrade to avoid commuting?
07-26-2025 | 03:22 PM
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07-26-2025 | 03:53 PM
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07-26-2025 | 04:14 PM
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07-26-2025 | 04:25 PM
#19
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Maybe, but the big factor in the rapid availability of upgrade at UA was the really cr@ppy reserve rules to the point that nobody was taking NB upgrades, particularly the commuters and at LAX, SFO, and EWR. Provisions in the 2023 UPA that took effect in the summer of 2024 massively IMPROVED that, to the point that senior people are now bidding reserve and the reluctance of NB FO Commuters to upgrade has largely vanished.
07-26-2025 | 04:26 PM
#20
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From: Guppy Gear Slinger
We have MANY senior FOs (4+ years at the company) who regretted not getting their upgrade bid in before the music stopped. I'm an April '24 hire and missed the new hire captain thing by one week (one class). I would be surprised if I get an upgrade award before 4-5 years. Which is still vastly quicker than historical norms, as we all know....
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