I have two questions:
1. Is it only seniority that determins being able to upgrade to captain? Can someone, if they fly well and are 'outstading' F/Os, be upgraded to captain ahead of another person senior to them?
2. When being hired by the majors, does seniority matter, or do they go purely off of how good of a fit they think you are? For example, can a new captain be hired before a 3 or 4 year captain from the same regional by a major? What determines, for the most part, what separates the huge pool of pilots who are qualified from the pool of pilots who are actually hired?
1. Is it only seniority that determins being able to upgrade to captain? Can someone, if they fly well and are 'outstading' F/Os, be upgraded to captain ahead of another person senior to them?
2. When being hired by the majors, does seniority matter, or do they go purely off of how good of a fit they think you are? For example, can a new captain be hired before a 3 or 4 year captain from the same regional by a major? What determines, for the most part, what separates the huge pool of pilots who are qualified from the pool of pilots who are actually hired?