NB Captain reserve rules are awful. Scheduling will abuse every possible angle they can…simmer on that before bidding this vacancy.

Already been said, but in case you missed it (during the entirety of your employment): 1,000 hours of UAL time was never a requirement. Recommend you crack open the UPA.

LOL! If that’s the biggest of your worries as a new captain…I think the VAST majority of our previous mil new hires will do just fine. The perspective here is incredible.

My post was making that point. A mil hire is probably gonna be fine. Someone who had 500 hrs in an E175 with autothrottles and fancy tech, and 500 hrs in a 777, and also hasn’t flown an airplane less advanced than a full glass Cirrus—that’s a different set of circumstances. Doesn’t mean they’re not also going to be fine, but the safety net of experience has some gaps in it. Under current FAA rules the mil hire’s time means very little towards upgrade whereas the 500hr regional hire’s time is given significant weight. That’s a disparity that should be looked into.

A year ago we had significant leverage when the company needed LCAs and PIs (they still do but not as badly) but pilots still volunteered for those positions. Now it appears the leverage is in unfilled capt vacancies. Let’s be smart with our next moves individually.

The E75 and 777 guys are going to be fine too.

So absolutely no MCO FO slots? Also, what is the most junior FO in MCO? Apologies, if this has been answered in another thread. I couldn’t find it.

I think the point I was making is getting missed because I didn’t make it well. What I’m saying is, a regulatory environment which says someone with 500 hrs of time monitoring the autothrottles in an E175 and 500 hrs of IRO time is worthy of a 737 upgrade—but a pilot with 3,000+hrs of command time in [B-2/C-130/B-52/P-8] is not worthy of said upgrade—ought to be looked at. We all know people in both camps who are going to be good captains, but the regulation ought to do a better job of ensuring overall experience.

Also, the 0200-0600 local time FSBs should go away.

Junior MCO FO has been with the company less than 6 months, probably closer to 3 months.

According to the chart from the last vacancy, junior MCO FO went to roughly seniority 15400