Originally Posted by
somertime32
I was hired in March of 08 by ASA, have not upgraded. I was in the 2nd to last class of 08. No idea about initial training pay. The 9 year upgrade could to go down to 7ish here next year with so many senior FOs bailing but who really knows.
I was a 2007 hire but left L-ASA and made a lateral move a couple years ago.
I've heard (and met) some of the pilots who got the "kinda sorta" upgrade, where they got the fourth stripe but kept flying from the right seat. Is this program still active? Are these "kinda sorta" captains flying much in the left seat today? The one "kinda sorta CA" I ran into last summer was wearing the fourth stripe but flying a trip as an FO. This pilot was hired in mid-2007 which suggests the current "most junior CRJ CA" posting on the APC airline profile for XJT is inaccurate as it currently shows 3/2007 as the most junior CA at L-ASA. (sheesh, that's about a 10 year upgrade!!!!)