Originally Posted by
rcfd13
Skywest:
CRJ Upgrade: 7 years
Brasilia Upgrade: 6.5 years
Not many people were hired in 2008 and 2009 so the upgrade time should drop two years very quickly.
Negative on the street captains. There are hardly any FOs at OO who have less than the 1,000 hours of 121 upgrade requirement and everyone now has ATP mins. There would be no reason to hire a street captain.
Street Captains?!?!? BAHAHAHAHAHA! When pigs fly and SFO allows fuhriners to do visual approaches!
I would expect upgrade times to improve some as we move beyond the class of 2008 into the lean years where there were few new hires. It might get down to 4-ish years and perhaps hold steady there but only if major hiring picks up and SKW manages to avoid a massive downsizing due to retirement of 50-seaters.