Originally Posted by
Bzzt
Upgrade = PIC = moving on. Who cares about a 2 year contract, no one hired today will be at a LLC or Legacy in 2 years anyway unless they're mil guys just getting 121 currency. Or have some sort of in like a chief pilot recommendation in which case you wouldn't need PIC time anyway so you wouldn't be looking for a quick upgrade.
How many times have you heard these guys who go someplace for a quick upgrade and are whining two years later because they are still in the right seat because conditions have changed. Make sure you can live with the pay and living conditions in the right seat if you go anywhere. Quick upgrades can disappear real fast. When I was in training at TSA last year, I had a Gojet guy wander in from his class and wonder why we would be at TSA when the upgrade a Gojet is faster. First the guy was a complete idiot for wandering into a TSA training room and asking that question, but fortunately we were a bunch of new hires and were more interested in the paper tigers than this moron. Fast forward a year later, the guys from my class are upgrading, and this guy is stuck in the right seat at Gojet with no upgrade in sight. Those that chase fast upgrades usually get very disappointed because of the instability of regional airlines. Buyer beware.