Originally Posted by
bafanguy
The fact that regionals take DECs, for whatever reason, is what makes them different from the "majors" that MD83FO asked about. It may be that after application of seniority to available openings at a major, captain spots could go pretty far down the list but they won't be DECs in the strictest sense. That was my inartfully-made point.
I don't expect to ever see ads for DECs at UAL, AA, DL, SWA, UPS, FedEX, JB, Spirit or Frontier.
They have had 4 month captains at DL, and 8 month captains at Fedex. The difference between the US and (most of) the rest is how much seniority affects QOL. I worked in the EU before I came to the US, I had no say in my schedule, was on a salary, and vacation wasn't assigned according to seniority. Those guys at Fedex and DL that took the early will be at the bottom of the reserve list, flying every x-mas and 4th of july for years. Just wanted to emphasize how things are different here, not trying to argue with you.
