Originally Posted by
tom11011
Not sure what you are getting at, it seems clear from this thread there is now no real hope of a new hire upgrading at AWAC. Do you read this differently? AWAC may be steady with good FO pay, but that doesn't get you to a major airline currently, PIC time does. Maybe that will change in the future, but for now, without PIC time, you are at a competitive disadvantage against those who have it.
Says who, you? You know something the rest of us don't? I get a kick out of all the fortune tellers on here predicting the future of a company or the industry. Awac exercises their extension, still makes money hand over fist, retires a few airplanes, still hiring on a regular basis, and this means no upgrades? Just cause a few crappy regionals are hiring street captains doesn't mean everyone wants to or should go there. If I had the choice between building 1000 sic or whatever it is to upgrade, I'd pick 3 or 4 years of livable wages over 2 years of top ramen and no lube. The way things swing up and down that 2 years turns into 5 and then what, chase the next concessionary regional?