Originally Posted by
blastboy
10 years with an RJ to get to a major? Maybe 20 years ago that was the case but not now. It only took captain dad 3 years from his first turbine job to get on with National Airlines/Pan Am, during an era when having that flight time was very important too (late 70s); had under 5500TT. With 10 years at a regional, you can have almost 10,000TT. Most captains who are at the regionals for 10 years won't leave anyway because they have gained so much seniority there.
You never know what can happen. 9/11 resulted in people being stuck at regionals for an extra 6 years they hadn't planned. In a perfect world with a good resume and great connections it can be done in three years. Less than that is probably just luck.