Originally Posted by
MD-11Loader
Exactly. I've been in this business for 16 years, I know how it works. I will upgrade when my number says I can. With all of the upgrades coming off off the ERJ and CR7, it is logical to me that my position seniority will improve faster on those aircraft due to the upgrades coming from them as opposed to the 175 which is all new hires so there is little movement from above.
Just to clarify.. The 175 isnt "all" new hires. There is still quite a few more mid to senior FO's on it. I dont have a list in front of me to say exact numbers.. But a lot of our current guys bid/displaced into it initially. After "that" its been all new hires but the others are still there and will be upgrading.
2nd thing is the fleet is only at about 60% of it's planned size and with guy in training scheduled through the end of the year probably staffed to about 70% or so? Just a guess. So if you got in now there would still be a lot of relative movement as its staffed all the way up to 40 acft. You would get a relative bump of about 30% with people below you and about 20-30% from people above you upgrading over the next year. So it would put you somewhere in the middle. 8-10 months from now, you are correct though and getting on the bottom of that list will be much slower moving than the other fleets as there will be no more growth. (That we know of).
But you are better off with ORD anyway so it doesn't really matter.