Originally Posted by
aprilcoconut
At CommutAir one and half year FO who had line before are put back to reserve pilot from next month.
It was about two year upgrade now, but with CLE closing, the upgrade will stop for long long , loooong time.
That's not entirely accurate.
I've just gotten off of reserve in IAD and should have an FO line as long as I'd like and I've only been here about 8 months.
We've had 4-5 Captains leave for bigger and better things this month and a new upgrade class in April. The company is pretty sure that all our aircraft will remain flying for the foreseeable future, although anyone, from the CEO to the most Jr FO, who tries to tell today you what the airline will look like in 6 months is lying. That's kind of a scarey thing.
I will agree that the upgrade time is going to increase around here as it seems to be hard to keep FOs on property, as well as attract new ones.