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Originally Posted by Crockrocket95 (Post 3478635)

I don't think we have captains in the bottom 40 percent....

Look at the last vacancy bid. We have people holding 737 Captain with 12,500 seniority. That is less than 10 percent.

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Originally Posted by serce (Post 3478648)

Look at the last vacancy bid. We have people holding 737 Captain with 12,500 seniority. That is less than 10 percent.

At WN. ...

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Originally Posted by Crockrocket95 (Post 3478662)

At WN. ...

Oh... Got it 👍

If I remember correctly 60% is pretty much the floor for upgrades at SWA. I’m at 67% and 450 away from junior, so it’s pretty close.

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Originally Posted by serce (Post 3478628)

The reason why United has unfilled Captain vacancies is because reserve here is a special form of torture. I am willing to bet that Southwest doesn't have Captains that are in bottom 10 percent.

If we (United) had only 737s you’d see that seniority trend higher. At some point in your life it’s time to make money regardless of work rules. Kids, mortgage, etc,

While our work rules leave a lot to be desired, I don’t think those are the primary driver of the junior upgrades.

The benefit of United is you can make 85%(!!) of the 737 CA pay rate by being lazy and more senior as a WB FO. There is no need to upgrade until it ticks all your boxes. Some never upgrade on the NB and just wait until they can jump the trash bag on the WB.

As I mentioned earlier, I’m downgrading to WB FO. Even as a line holding 737 CA, I’m working weekends with short overnights and long days. Making 85% of the CA pay rate to have Christmas off it too good of a deal to pass up.