For the record, there are only a few FO's that will not make 1500 by August. The company increased the minimums to get hired every month to prevent this, but a few slipped through the cracks and flew less on RSV than the company predicted. I know Great Lakes isn't the only airline that has FO's in the same boat.

Upgrade time at Lakes is currently very fast. We have about 12 going through upgrade this month, and most of them have been here less than one year. We are not short staffed at this time, although as many of our FO's upgrade in the next few months we likely will end up being short on FO's. I am honestly surprised that we haven't gotten more applicants looking for the quick upgrade time. 6 month upgrade at lakes or 6 year upgrade at Eagle. Obviously Lakes is not for everyone, but we have had a lot of Lakers move on the the majors recently.