diff --git a/app/Database/seeds/dev/dev.yml b/app/Database/seeds/dev/base.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from app/Database/seeds/dev/dev.yml
rename to app/Database/seeds/dev/base.yml
diff --git a/app/Database/seeds/dev/sample.yml b/app/Database/seeds/dev/sample.yml
index 93aa0646..2edc9e58 100644
--- a/app/Database/seeds/dev/sample.yml
+++ b/app/Database/seeds/dev/sample.yml
@@ -15,76 +15,6 @@ roles:
     - name: fleet-only
       display_name: Edit Fleet
 
-users:
-  - id: 1
-    pilot_id: 1
-    name: Admin User
-    email: admin@phpvms.net
-    password: admin
-    api_key: testadminapikey
-    airline_id: 1
-    rank_id: 1
-    country: us
-    home_airport_id: KAUS
-    curr_airport_id: KJFK
-    last_pirep_id: pirepid_3
-    flights: 3
-    flight_time: 0
-    timezone: America/Chicago
-    state: 1
-    opt_in: 1
-    toc_accepted: 1
-    created_at: now
-    updated_at: now
-  - id: 2
-    pilot_id: 2
-    name: Carla Walters
-    email: carla.walters68@example.com
-    password: admin
-    api_key: testuserapikey1
-    airline_id: 1
-    rank_id: 1
-    home_airport_id: KJFK
-    curr_airport_id: KJFK
-    flights: 1
-    flight_time: 4320
-    created_at: now
-    updated_at: now
-    state: 0
-    opt_in: 1
-    toc_accepted: 1
-  - id: 3
-    pilot_id: 3
-    name: Raymond Pearson
-    email: raymond.pearson56@example.com
-    password: admin
-    api_key: testuserapikey2
-    airline_id: 1
-    rank_id: 1
-    home_airport_id: KJFK
-    curr_airport_id: KAUS
-    flights: 1
-    flight_time: 4320
-    created_at: now
-    updated_at: now
-    state: 1
-    opt_in: 0
-    toc_accepted: 1
-
-role_user:
-  - user_id: 1
-    role_id: 1
-    user_type: App\Models\User
-  - user_id: 1
-    role_id: 2
-    user_type: App\Models\User
-  - user_id: 2
-    role_id: 2
-    user_type: App\Models\User
-  - user_id: 3
-    role_id: 2
-    user_type: App\Models\User
-
 awards:
   - id: 1
     name: Pilot 50 flights
diff --git a/app/Database/seeds/dev/users.yml b/app/Database/seeds/dev/users.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36f5ae46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Database/seeds/dev/users.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+users:
+  - id: 1
+    pilot_id: 1
+    name: Admin User
+    email: admin@phpvms.net
+    password: admin
+    api_key: testadminapikey
+    airline_id: 1
+    rank_id: 1
+    country: us
+    home_airport_id: KAUS
+    curr_airport_id: KJFK
+    last_pirep_id: pirepid_3
+    flights: 3
+    flight_time: 0
+    timezone: America/Chicago
+    state: 1
+    opt_in: 1
+    toc_accepted: 1
+    created_at: now
+    updated_at: now
+  - id: 2
+    pilot_id: 2
+    name: Carla Walters
+    email: carla.walters68@example.com
+    password: admin
+    api_key: testuserapikey1
+    airline_id: 1
+    rank_id: 1
+    home_airport_id: KJFK
+    curr_airport_id: KJFK
+    flights: 1
+    flight_time: 4320
+    transfer_time: 360
+    created_at: now
+    updated_at: now
+    state: 0
+    opt_in: 1
+    toc_accepted: 1
+  - id: 3
+    pilot_id: 3
+    name: Raymond Pearson
+    email: raymond.pearson56@example.com
+    password: admin
+    api_key: testuserapikey2
+    airline_id: 1
+    rank_id: 1
+    home_airport_id: KJFK
+    curr_airport_id: KAUS
+    flights: 1
+    flight_time: 4320
+    transfer_time: 120
+    created_at: now
+    updated_at: now
+    state: 1
+    opt_in: 0
+    toc_accepted: 1
+
+role_user:
+  - user_id: 1
+    role_id: 1
+    user_type: App\Models\User
+  - user_id: 1
+    role_id: 2
+    user_type: App\Models\User
+  - user_id: 2
+    role_id: 2
+    user_type: App\Models\User
+  - user_id: 3
+    role_id: 2
+    user_type: App\Models\User
diff --git a/app/Database/seeds/settings.yml b/app/Database/seeds/settings.yml
index 679d334e..17332d43 100644
--- a/app/Database/seeds/settings.yml
+++ b/app/Database/seeds/settings.yml
@@ -194,3 +194,10 @@
   options: ''
   type: boolean
   description: 'Allow specifying transfer hours on registration page and displayed on profile page'
+- key: pilots.count_transfer_hours
+  name: 'Count transfer hours in calculations'
+  group: pilots
+  value: false
+  options: ''
+  type: boolean
+  description: 'Count transfer hours in calculations, like ranks and the total hours'
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php
index 3d654e20..ffa1b2b8 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ use App\Repositories\AirlineRepository;
 use App\Repositories\AirportRepository;
 use App\Services\UserService;
 use App\Support\Countries;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Validator;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\RegistersUsers;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Jackiedo\Timezonelist\Facades\Timezonelist;
-use Log;
-use Validator;
 
 /**
  * Class RegisterController
diff --git a/app/Models/Rank.php b/app/Models/Rank.php
index d5d7d399..28d1e4fa 100644
--- a/app/Models/Rank.php
+++ b/app/Models/Rank.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use App\Contracts\Model;
  * @property int    hours
  * @property float  manual_base_pay_rate
  * @property float  acars_base_pay_rate
+ * @property bool   auto_promote
  */
 class Rank extends Model
 {
diff --git a/app/Models/User.php b/app/Models/User.php
index 2dd899d9..66f790ef 100755
--- a/app/Models/User.php
+++ b/app/Models/User.php
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ use Laratrust\Traits\LaratrustUserTrait;
  * @property string         home_airport_id
  * @property Airline        airline
  * @property Flight[]       flights
- * @property string         flight_time
+ * @property int            flight_time
+ * @property int            transfer_time
  * @property string         remember_token
  * @property \Carbon\Carbon created_at
  * @property \Carbon\Carbon updated_at
diff --git a/app/Services/UserService.php b/app/Services/UserService.php
index f968027a..a7dc5e76 100644
--- a/app/Services/UserService.php
+++ b/app/Services/UserService.php
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ use App\Repositories\AircraftRepository;
 use App\Repositories\SubfleetRepository;
 use App\Support\Units\Time;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use function is_array;
-use Log;
 
 /**
  * Class UserService
@@ -258,7 +258,12 @@ class UserService extends Service
             return $user;
         }
 
-        $pilot_hours = new Time($user->flight_time);
+        // If we should count their transfer hours?
+        if (setting('pilots.count_transfer_hours') === true) {
+            $pilot_hours = new Time($user->flight_time + $user->transfer_time);
+        } else {
+            $pilot_hours = new Time($user->flight_time);
+        }
 
         // The current rank's hours are over the pilot's current hours,
         // so assume that they were "placed" here by an admin so don't
diff --git a/app/Services/VersionService.php b/app/Services/VersionService.php
index ed63434d..c1789e49 100644
--- a/app/Services/VersionService.php
+++ b/app/Services/VersionService.php
@@ -179,11 +179,10 @@ class VersionService extends Service
             $current_version = $this->cleanVersionString($current_version);
         }
 
-        $current_version = Version::fromString($current_version);
-        $latest_version = Version::fromString($this->getLatestVersion());
+        $latest_version = $this->getLatestVersion();
 
         // Convert to semver
-        if ($latest_version->isGreaterThan($current_version)) {
+        if ($this->isGreaterThan($latest_version, $current_version)) {
             $this->kvpRepo->save('new_version_available', true);
             return true;
         }
@@ -191,4 +190,17 @@ class VersionService extends Service
         $this->kvpRepo->save('new_version_available', false);
         return false;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $version1
+     * @param string $version2
+     *
+     * @return bool If $version1 is greater than $version2
+     */
+    public function isGreaterThan($version1, $version2): bool
+    {
+        $version1 = Version::fromString($version1);
+        $version2 = Version::fromString($version2);
+        return $version1->isGreaterThan($version2);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/resources/views/layouts/default/auth/register.blade.php b/resources/views/layouts/default/auth/register.blade.php
index a8a00836..06e011f0 100644
--- a/resources/views/layouts/default/auth/register.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/layouts/default/auth/register.blade.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
             @if (setting('pilots.allow_transfer_hours') === true)
                 <label for="transfer_time" class="control-label">@lang('auth.transferhours')</label>
                 <div class="input-group form-group-no-border {{ $errors->has('transfer_time') ? 'has-danger' : '' }}">
-                    {{ Form::text('transfer_time', 0, ['class' => 'form-control']) }}
+                    {{ Form::number('transfer_time', 0, ['class' => 'form-control']) }}
                 </div>
                 @if ($errors->has('transfer_time'))
                     <p class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('transfer_time') }}</p>
diff --git a/tests/PIREPTest.php b/tests/PIREPTest.php
index b313f1b7..bdf90d1f 100644
--- a/tests/PIREPTest.php
+++ b/tests/PIREPTest.php
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ class PIREPTest extends TestCase
      */
     public function testPilotStatsIncr()
     {
+        $this->updateSetting('pilots.count_transfer_hours', false);
+
         $user = factory(User::class)->create([
             'flights'     => 0,
             'flight_time' => 0,
@@ -254,6 +256,41 @@ class PIREPTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertNotEquals($last_pirep->id, $latest_pirep->id);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * check the stats/ranks, etc have incremented properly
+     */
+    public function testPilotStatsIncrWithTransferHours()
+    {
+        $this->updateSetting('pilots.count_transfer_hours', true);
+
+        $user = factory(User::class)->create([
+            'flights'       => 0,
+            'flight_time'   => 0,
+            'transfer_time' => 720,
+            'rank_id'       => 1,
+        ]);
+
+        // Submit two PIREPs
+        // 1 hour flight times, but the rank should bump up because of the transfer hours
+        $pireps = factory(Pirep::class, 2)->create([
+            'airline_id'  => $user->airline_id,
+            'aircraft_id' => 1,
+            'user_id'     => $user->id,
+            'flight_time' => 60,
+        ]);
+
+        foreach ($pireps as $pirep) {
+            $this->pirepSvc->create($pirep);
+            $this->pirepSvc->accept($pirep);
+        }
+
+        $pilot = User::find($user->id);
+        $last_pirep = Pirep::where('id', $pilot->last_pirep_id)->first();
+
+        // Make sure rank went up
+        $this->assertGreaterThan($user->rank_id, $pilot->rank_id);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Find and check for any duplicate PIREPs by a user
      */
diff --git a/tests/VersionTest.php b/tests/VersionTest.php
index 32298129..5b2d3715 100644
--- a/tests/VersionTest.php
+++ b/tests/VersionTest.php
@@ -14,7 +14,26 @@ class VersionTest extends TestCase
         $this->kvpRepo = app(KvpRepository::class);
     }
 
-    public function testGetLatestVersion()
+    /**
+     * Test that the new versions (keys) are properly regarded as new versions
+     */
+    public function testGreaterThanVersionStrings(): void
+    {
+        $test = [
+            '7.0.0'        => '6.0.0',
+            '7.0.0-beta'   => '7.0.0-alpha',
+            '7.0.0-beta.1' => '7.0.0-beta',
+            '7.0.0-beta.2' => '7.0.0-beta.1',
+            '7.0.0-beta.1' => '7.0.0-alpha',
+        ];
+
+        $versionSvc = app(VersionService::class);
+        foreach ($test as $newVersion => $currentVersion) {
+            $this->assertTrue($versionSvc->isGreaterThan($newVersion, $currentVersion));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function testGetLatestVersion(): void
     {
         setting('general.check_prerelease_version', false);
 
@@ -27,7 +46,7 @@ class VersionTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('7.0.0-alpha2', $this->kvpRepo->get('latest_version_tag'));
     }
 
-    public function testGetLatestPrereleaseVersion()
+    public function testGetLatestPrereleaseVersion(): void
     {
         $this->updateSetting('general.check_prerelease_version', true);
 
@@ -40,7 +59,7 @@ class VersionTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('7.0.0-beta', $this->kvpRepo->get('latest_version_tag'));
     }
 
-    public function testNewVersionNotAvailable()
+    public function testNewVersionNotAvailable(): void
     {
         $this->updateSetting('general.check_prerelease_version', false);
 
@@ -59,7 +78,10 @@ class VersionTest extends TestCase
         }
     }
 
-    public function testNewVersionIsAvailable()
+    /**
+     * Version in the prerelease releases.json is v7.0.0-beta
+     */
+    public function testNewVersionIsAvailable(): void
     {
         $this->updateSetting('general.check_prerelease_version', true);