Originally Posted by bigtime209

Yes, a big vacancy bid is forthcoming. It should get the upgrade time down towards the end of 2011 hires. Once the upgrades pass 2011 hires, that's when the upgrade time will plummet. We have only SIX guys on the seniority list that were hired in 2012. And there are only 60-65 guys that were hired in 2013. By this time next year, upgrade time will have no problem getting down to around 3 years or less.