Originally Posted by
mr25cents
True but at Compass and Mesa FOs are upgrading within 12-24 months, at Envoy you'll be capped after 4 years, no more money unless you upgrade. I'm not recommending Envoy unless the upgrades come down significancy from the current 8 year wait.
Remember that any upgrade engine requires sufficient fuel to run at expected speed. Post #421 hypothesizes 1800 pilots at Envoy and 1600 or so all gone either flow to AA or elsewhere in 4-4.5 years and for that upgrade engine to continue to run without seizing, 1600 pilots must be hired at Envoy in the same period. The plan is to upgrade 205-250 in 2016 at Envoy, meaning the next 18 months the remainder of the F/O's would need to upgrade and Envoy would also have to hire perhaps 800-850 pilots in a burst in that 18 months or the upgrade engine starts backfiring and risks a seize.
Just something to consider.............