Originally Posted by
emb145
The latest vacancy bid result that posted this week showed the most junior captain as a 9/2012 hire making his time from new hire to award 2.5 years. I'm not saying that it's going to stay that way going forward, it's just that the upgrade is currently not 5 years at present.
It is five years for a pilot hired now. It does not apply to someone hired in 2012. If you are hired now, there are 1150 pilots here ahead of you. Give or take a few. That means roughly speaking, you would need another 1150 hired after you to upgrade. We are only hiring 225 - 250 a year. 1150/225 equals about 5 years.