Originally Posted by
akemps
md-80 vbd - awarded upgrade right around one year mark from date of hire, first captain paycheck at about the 16 month mark (from doh)
airbus - as it stands now, awarded at about 20th month (OAK, LAX, PIT are most junior), first captain paycheck right around 2 year anniversary.
class dates typically follow awards by about 2 months, and training takes about as long.
airbus upgrade time is trending higher. best GUESS for a newhire today would be 4 yrs.
-Alex-
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Given all the transitions that are about to take place, new hires might be able to wrangle an AB upgrade by going VBD in a couple years...they will NOT be able to take openings in bases from MD80 guys until the transitions are complete plus a couple years (and we still don't know what those out years are looking like growth wise anyway).