Originally Posted by Kill Switch

OP: stop worrying about "upgrade times"...and readers looking to get their tip wet in the regionals looking for quick upgrades.

If you know anything about aviation, then you know you don't know anything. Upgrades are based on current need and supply vs. demand...and if that company will even be here in these quoted upgrade times.

Rule of thumb - don't go to a company where people love to work = heavy on the top end. Don't go to a place giving you $$ to stay = no one wants to stay. Don't go to a place that everyone hates you = PSA. Don't base an upgrade on a flow that you're just putting your board in the water when the waves have been hitting hard = Compass...and don't base your decision on what people say on APC = they are probably either unhappy trolls or they just want to steer you to the bottom of their company list so they can move a spot closer to their "quick upgrade".

Chose the work place that you agree with how they operate, how they maintain their aircraft/their dispatch reliability. Obviously with that comes comfort and QOL...yet when you venture for the quick upgrade, you're playing the red or black on the roulette table.........but in aviation its red/black/blue/green/yellow and try another career.