Originally Posted by
STILL GROUNDED
MESA is going to need street captains at the current rate of attrition. They had another 80 some quit last week. Here in lies the problem with hiring a pilot with 250 hours. They can't hold an ATP for a year and a half.
A year and a half to upgrade seems pretty short to me. If you're looking to upgrade FO's before that, I'd be concerned about your reasoning, captain shortage or not. Don't blame the low time pilots for this shortage, ANY FO shouldn't sit left seat before a year and a half in my opinion.