Originally Posted by
detc
Thanks. I have enough time that I was thinking a lot of the new hires with 600TT will need a year or two more time to meet upgrade minimums. If things keep moving quick, although some may have a seniority number 30-40 better, they may not be able to upgrade before I can. (Kind of what is happening at Pinnacle.) Do you think NWA will ever look at the upgrade system and decide that paying for 6 weeks of training for a RJ FO to move to Cap on the Saab is costing the company a lot more than just a 2 week upgrade training in the same type?
Possible, but we do not have the same requirements as Pinnacle for Upgrade. At Mesaba it is FAR minimums (ATP) and 1000 hours with the company or two years longevity. So no matter how much time/experience you already have logged, you are still bound to 24.D.1 of our contract.
We do not have the 3000 total time rule here...yet.