Originally Posted by
akemps
Also to add to this, it's probably safe to say that upgrade times are due to go up, way up. They're probably sitting at about 2 years or more on the bus at the moment, and about 1 - 1.5 on the 80. Our pilot group is super young though, so beware the 10 year upgrade probably happening sometime in the next 5 years. My .02 but I'd say the stats support it. We're supposed to grow, but by hundreds (maybe 1000), not by thousandS. (5 yr outlook). Lets hope I'm incorrect!
-Alex-
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Good point however, lots of the 2015/2016 hires are on the FSP for failures, among other performance and attitude issues. Unfortunately we were getting A LOT of people incapable of upgrade. That will change now but if you were hired today I would expect 18-36 month upgrade depending on growth, new bases, rate of -80 retirement, etc. Too many variables to say it will increase by a lot. FO pay is pretty good now and many will stay as senior FO's that may have upgraded before.