Originally Posted by
Australopithecus
You guys don’t do maths? The recent low seniority upgrades are an anomaly owing to the lost decade of no hiring. A 7 year upgrade should be considered more like a 17 year number. Eventually the required seniority will climb back to the long term average.
The short haul fleet is going through a temporary increase before a long term decrease in aircraft. The long haul fleet replacement orders compared to the aging fleet size would not give me hope for rapid promotion.
Ditching the 1970s option of still having SOs, and crewing 2 Capts and 2 FOs on ULR flights (like most competitors do) would help the seniority wait. Imagine the hundreds of thousands of dollars difference that would make over a QF career.