Originally Posted by FlexThrust
Upgrade-Again, currently pretty long, like almost 3 years. However the furloughed Mainline guys are returning by March. They "unofficially" told us 2 or less. I took this with the standard airline-issue grain of salt.
Despite what your friends at Skywest and RAH may tell you, 3 years is not a long time to upgrade to a 53,000 pound jet...
especially if somebody is hired into an RJ with 500-600 hours total time. There is a LOT of experience, knowledge and professionalism to be gained in that time.