"slow way down" is a super relative term. If you compare the upgrade times at Compass with other regionals of the same caliber, Compass has and will continue to offer way faster upgrades than elsewhere. It's difficult to tell where things are going to be 1-2 years from now, but I can tell you what I know today.

On the last Captain upgrade award and we are now into 2016, the last slot went to a guy that was hired 8 months ago. Compass has had in average a 6-12 month upgrade time since late 2013 hires.

What is keeping the trend going even though the flows are done as are the AA deliveries is that Compass is losing a ton of pilots every month, both from the CA and FO side because they are are being hired at majors or LCCs. The past 2 months, we've lost more pilots than pilot's we've been able to upgrade and the trend seems to be increasing.

Is upgrade time going to be what it was 1 year ago? No, you probably won't get upgrade class right after you finish your IOE line check but that was kind of scary anyway.

It'll definitely be below what you'll find elsewhere, that's for sure.