Originally Posted by
7ecaguy
I was told for my interview it was a 2 year upgrade. Sounds a little too good to be true. Starting pay is pretty low, hopefully a new TA comes soon. Thanks
That does sound a bit too good to be true. We did have a small batch of guys upgrade right about the 2 year mark, but then we stopped running upgrades for a while. Maybe 5 or 6 months. It looks like upgrade classes are starting up again, and with 80+ airplanes coming in 5 years, I expect the upgrade classes to keep going.
We currently have 57 airplanes and 1000 pilots (roughly). The fleet plan is for 120 airplanes and about 2000 pilots. I believe the currently most junior captain is about 650-675 on the seniority list. Predicting upgrades times is really hard if things don't change and they go exactly as planned. My guess is if you were hired today, you could upgrade in 3.5 years. Or approximately the time we get a new contract