Only an idiot would ask this question. A smart pilot would ask what will be envoy's upgrade time in one, two, or three years from now. You know, in 1999 - 2001 many pilots were hired when Am Eagle had upgrade times of two years, many of those new hires spent almost a decade in the right seat. What was PSA's upgrade time before they doubled in size? More importantly, now that they are full of low time Captains unable to compete for mainline jobs and FOs who don't even have enough flight time to upgrade, what will their upgrade time be as the entire airline stagnates?

Many a pilot have been disappointed going to places like RAH or PSA that have current low upgrade times only to realize they have missed the wave. In addition to the announcement that a third of our captains will be leaving for AA next year (in addition to normal attrition), they are returning 12,000 block hours back to envoy in the coming months. That represents an almost 50% growth (return) in flying, combined with 30% - 40% of captains leaving, that adds up to a lot of opportunity for new hires today. A smart pilot flies ahead of the aircraft.