ok.. The 2 to 3 year reserve thing is not at every base and not every aircraft type. There are a few FO's that has been on reserve for 2 years. The 7 year upgrade thing is not in every aircraft either... It's about 7 for CRJ captain in PDX. With Alaska hiring FO's and us having new orders of airplane that upgrade time will go down. Some of the guys that waited 7 years for upgrade did that by choice. I know of a couple guys that passed up Q200 captain upgrade for about 2 years...

Your numbers are probably right, i think about that all the time.. But let me ask you a serious question... Why is it that every pilot out there right now that is looking for a job all think they are going to go to skywest and upgrade in 2 years... Eventually after hiring all those pilots, someone is gonna have to be the FO. Every body cant upgrade it 2 years...EVERY INDIAN CANT BE CHIEF AT THE SAME TIME... . Horizon use to have 2 years upgrades but then 9/11 happen so people had to stay a little long and upgrades slowed down, they are starting to upgrade a lot of pilots now...Who knows what could happen to the industry and slow down the rapid ugrade at Skywest and other companies.