Originally Posted by
tom14cat14
For those curious, Our latest vacancy award has come out. The seniority list is still a bit of a mess (March 08 hire and Dec 07 hire are next to each other) But if you look the seniority numbers and and we are 187 numbers away from 2014 hires holding captain. This does not include all of the alternates listed otherwise it is even closer. I didnt count the upgrades in this vacancy but the company said it was 75 so based on that later this year it is a real possibility 2014 hires will have the opportunity to upgrade. There are only 23 of those so if the company upgrades the numbers they hope to we will be into 2015 hires.
Only 6 months ago I was reading in this thread about 9E FOs with 8+ years still waiting to upgrade. So, how is it possible that it's down to 2 years in such a short time? Not calling anyone liars or trying to start flame-throwing ... I just would like a clear picture of what a reasonable expectation of upgrade might be for a new hire? I'm not in a huge hurry. 3 to 5 years would be nice. 8+, probably not.