Suuuuurrrrre there's no street captains coming...
I don't know why people don't listen, the math isn't that hard to do.
For those who believed street captains aren't happening / weren't going to happen, Lo and Behold the secondaries from vacancy 04-11:
5 Street Captains (NHT) for Detroit, effective April 1st, training slots in Feb and March.
Additionally, 34 alternates listed, only 3 of which are seniority list pilots, the other 31 list NHT for the next Capt vacancy (which should be out in about two weeks for a May effective date). We're taking 4-5 aircraft per month now instead of 2-3 because of the additional 10 we were given from NWA, so that's AT LEAST 20-25 Captains needed per month just to keep up through July.
Also, we DO have 3 Street Captains that finished OE in the last 90 days and are online - they were yanked from F/O classes and "upgraded" in the middle of their class - never sat a day as an F/O - makes them street captains in my book.
I'm sure the 5 new street captains will come from existing new-hires already in class who will be "upgraded" before they ever start sims, and congrats to them. The next 15-20 we'll see on the next vacancy? Don't know, but I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see nothing but high time interviews for the next month or two knowing full well they'll be hired as "captains" (unofficially).
Don't shoot the messenger...
