Originally Posted by
CSD2000
Word is mesa is making those calls and hiring for classes April through July. figure 10 pilots per plane so it's a significant expansion for an airline with just under 600 pilots. The math for upgrade looks better than larger carriers.
Your math is wrong for a upgrade. Unless there is substantial growth. Like I said on many posts, most of the Captains are past or nearing 50. They make around 100,000 a year give or take and live in base. There is no reason for them to start over and risk a furlough at that age. Hiring off the street has started. A few were in the April 1st. class. Even with new growth it will take 5 years to hold Phoenix as an FO on reserve. But that could change with pilot attrition increasing. Come to Mesa for F.O. experience but don't plan on logging PIC any time soon.