Originally Posted by
middies10
You would be able to bid for Captain after 250 more hours of 121 SIC time. Now you more than likely will not be able to hold Captain though. Probably just over a year from hire date before you'd be able to hold it.
A year? He'd be entering the absolute bottom of the list of 800+ pilots at a time when Compass has slowed down hiring to only 20 a month and that's for attrition. I'd say 18 months at least to hold CA, and another 3- 6 months to get a decent line, which adds up to 2 years but that is probably how long he'd be on reserve as an FO anyway at his old airline - so still pretty good.
Spring 2015 hires are now just getting their 1000 SIC and it'll just continue to work itself down the list at a steady rate. What used to be the era of "quick upgrades" at Compass will only come back if we get more airplanes/flying.