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There is no other regional with any of the same bases as PSA. CLT is the best hub in the southeast for commuters. ATL is good too but the only regional with an ATL base is the ASA side of expressjet which has a 9 year upgrade. First year pay is about 1/3 of deal when considering a regional and it's not bad at PSA when you factor in the 10K bonus. Upgrade time and bases make up the other 2/3s. Upgrade is holding steady at about 2-2.5 years at PSA which is respectable.
You are correct about the 2-2.5 upgrade at the moment. But let's face the truth it will increase as a lot of the new hires came in big groups during the fall. The upgrade will increase if upgrade classes don't get larger. If we can't hire FO's then we can't upgrade.