Originally Posted by
ScottyDo
2 years upgrade time is about as quick as it gets around the regional industry from my understanding. A CFI who I used to work with who just started at ExpressJet says his upgrade time will be around 8 years.
I am always baffled when I meet these 23 year olds who run to ExpressJet in today's day and age when all that airline has is 50 seaters with a 8+ year upgrade.
If you have paid any attention to the industry over the past 10 years, an all 50 seater operation and a long upgrade is the last place I would go.
To me I think saying this is like teaching 1+1=2 to a college finite class, however I'm amazed at how many "kids" looking to get into this industry are completely uneducated on this stuff.
That's being either extremely uneducated or extremely optimistic on about the future at those places.