You can fairly easily fly between 70 and 100 hours of credit per month once you are a line holder. On rsv you have to try harder, like putting yourself on the junior assign list on your days off. If I had to guess, I'd say our average pilots credit/month is in the mid 80s.

Looking out 3 years, we will be back to full pre bankruptcy rates, and then in negotiations for a new contract. With any luck, three years from now we'll be making a good bit more. Of course, negotiations could be dragged out for a long time and if the economy turns ugly, upgrade times might be lengthy again. Plan according.

With 100 airplanes on order, there is at least a reasonable chance for quick upgrades. As stated in the other frontier thread, a Fall 2013 new hire nearlyy got awarded captain this month.