Originally Posted by
Columbusohio
That could very well be the case. If hired in 2016 you would realistically be waiting on another aircraft order to upgrade. 8 captains per airplane seems to be the generally accepted number for our current staffing model. based on 144 airframes in 2021 that's 1152ish captains. The last vacancy has over 1100 pilots. Another thing to consider is the company will be going after our inefficiencies in the next contract so that 8 captain per plane could be high which would add to the upgrade time as well.