Well,
I think I have the answer for you....sort of. Compass just hired the last class of Direct Entry CA's. The rest will sit a couple months as F.O. before upgrading. The upgrade will still be much shorter than almost any other airline for the next 90 pilots or so but there will be any where from 2 - 12 months upgrade depending on how long before they are on property. Hope that helps.

Oh and as far as QOL....well we start service on the 18th...so it's kinda hard to say right now. We only have 2 of the a/c on property as Embraer is a little behind schedule. We have 80 pilots right now...do the math...not a lot of flying for anyone right now....but as long as the check arrives I don't care