Originally Posted by
Dunkin
A two year upgrade? How tragic for those guys.
Stats from our training department show that those trying to upgrade with only 1000 hrs have a much lower pass rate than pilots with many years of 121 flying.
Never said it was tragic. More realistically it will be a 3-4 year upgrade for those hired at PSA, Mesa and Compass right now with zero 121 SIC or 135 PIC time.
What's tragic is telling those new hires, without any of the 1000 hour requirement, is the upgrade time will be less than 1.5 years for them. It will take them at least 1.5 years to get the 1000 hours and if the upgrade drops to less than that, pilots junior to them will be taking an earlier upgrade because of it. This means less upgrade slots in the future, when they do get the time, and dropping their guaranteed upgrade time frame from the 50% threshold to 35%-45% because junior pilots to them will already be CA.
People should have a good understanding what they are walking into and we don't need PSA, Mesa, and Compass recruiters/pilots telling potential candidates, with zero time, that they will be able to take advantage of upgrades less than a year.
Originally Posted by
Da40Pilot
I just think their mins. were way above the current standard and with the competition out there it made no sense to make it harder for people to apply.
The minimums are dropping and new hires are getting hotels because they can no longer find candidates. The next step is coming to the union and asking to raise first year pay. Which means negotiating compensation raises for all pilots. Endeavor is a good example of this.