Originally Posted by
N1sync
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.
I dont think you can necessarily look at seniority as a whole here. You almost need to look at it as each domicile as its own seperate airline. One city might have a 10 year upgrade, another has a 10 month upgrade. Although there are a few hundred people ahead of me on the senioriry list, I really only concern myself with about 40 of them.