It's the same as every other regional, with the exception that we seem to be more in flux at this time.

As of this moment:

Upgrades are slow and around 8 years. Projections are for it to drop significantly over the next few years. Will it drop to 2.5 years? Who the hell knows... That's all corporate propaganda at this time, but the upgrades will happen thanks to the flow and attrition.

Will ENY implode? No. If a situation arises that ENY is in dire trouble I have a feeling that the entire regional industry will be taking the same hit. We're not going anywhere.

Our shrinkage has slowed, rumors have it that there may actually be some extra re-capture of flying above and beyond what we've been expecting, but that's just a rumor. Like corporate propaganda, don't believe it until it happens.

Now that some of the other "OMG six weeks to captain!" regionals have slowed, IMO ENY is the place to get the foot in the door NOW. Not in a year or two when things really take off, then it's too late. IF they hire, flow and upgrade they way they predicted it's gonna be a nice ride for a few years.

There's plenty of haters on this board that love to hear themselves talk about the sky falling, but right now the things I've mentioned are in motion. While anything is possible and a giant meteor from outer space with space-suited terrorists and too-big-to-fail bankers riding it waving turbans and cowboy hats wanting to destroy both economy, our freedomz and planet by pile-driving into the Earth, life is full of risks. Make a choice, hope for the best and plan for the worst.

The one thing I will say is that our flow should not be a career making decision. Don't come here expecting to flow, always be looking for the next step up. One can certainly take advantage of the tangential effects of the flow while here, though - quick rise in seniority, hopefully approach an upgrade quickly and the associated benefits of better schedules with the rise in relative seniority.