Originally Posted by
ckcrew
Thank you for your reply. So the company do not have any flight hour or years of service to the company requirements since the FAR says 1000 hours as a first officer (I should look it up in FAR) and the company seniority. Therefore you are all qualified to be a captain after about a year and a half (1000 hours as FO) but wait until your seniority. You were saying about Regional.... Major airline the same?
Not every airline is the same, Major, Minor whatever.
Seniority and recommendations from Captains you have flown with over the years may make a difference:
If you are sharp, your internal file should have good letters, if you are a dork the file will be full of “Do not, ever upgrade this guy, (girl) under any circumstance”.
You have to prove yourself every day in this line of work, in both seats, and even in all 3 seats if you fly long haul.