Originally Posted by
chrisreedrules
This is not accurate, there are several out there with long upgrades. AWAC, XJT (and ASA), SkyWest, Endeavor, Republic, Envoy, and Horizon.
PSA is still offering the quickest upgrade, although I do not know how much longer that will last. Even when the quick upgrade goes away, it will still be low for quite some time. Less than a year if a pilot has the rehired time and 18-24 months for someone coming in fresh.
Horizon, Skywest and Republic have dropped below 4 years. Air Wisconsin will probably drop below 4 years soon.
TSA, GoJet, Compass and Mesa all have upgrade times shorter than PSA.
The only regionals with 7+ year upgrades are Envoy, Expressjet and Endeavor and that is because those airlines have been shrinking for awhile. Envoy and Endeavor will see shorter upgrade times in the future, not so much for Expressjet unless skywest pilots decide they want a union and one list.