Originally Posted by ShyGuy

Upgrade times are irrelevant because the snahpshot taken today means it's accurate for only those already on property!

Case in point, one of the reasons I chose Pinnacle was faster movement. Back up to 2007. At that moment, Pinnacle was basically hiring street Captains. You got hired, get 100 hrs in the right seat and then you'd enter upgrade training. Lots of pilots did that. At the time, in 2007, Eagle had almost a 7-9 year upgrade.

Fast forward............

The economy tanked, Pinnacle downgraded and displaced, bought two copanies and merged them. Most junior Pinnacle captain now is around Jan-Feb 2007, barely hanging on. The March 07 Captains got downgraded as a result of the merger and parked Saab fleet. Meanwhile, Eagle got 22 more CRJ-700s, and an arbitrator that allowed 800+ Eagle pilots to flow up. Eagle had tons of movement, and their most junior Captain award has already fallen to a April or May 2007. Now of course the bankruptcy may change things, but still you can see my point. Both Pinnacle and Eagle did a complete 180 from what they were when I joined in 2007.