Originally Posted by
E6-B
Yeah right now its a little over a 7 year upgrade. That will drop a few years after the last of the 08 hires upgrade as there were a few years where skywest did zero hiring. So My best guess right now would be that a new hire would upgrade in about 5 years, maybe a little less.
But SkyWest does have a lot of pilots that are unlikely to ever move on.
This sounds about right, as far as anyone can tell. HOWEVER...this assumes the fleet size remains the same. If it shrinks there will be backwards movement.