Originally Posted by
IFlyDaPlane
At the interview presentation the company reps (hr and pilots) make a big fuss about how short the upgrade time is of late... "2.8 years for most recent 767 captain..." But that guy was hired how many hundreds of pilots ago? I don't have the data handy to work the numbers, but I suspect that a heck of a lot of attrition, expansion, and retirements will be required for that advertised trend to be sustainable. For now I'm putting that in the category of 'things that a used car calesman would say if he was hired to recruit a pilot.' It *intuitively* seems unrealistic to think that N.H. Pilot hired today will be Captain N. H. Pilot in 2.8 years. I'm not buying it without seeing actual numbers, which nobody at the interviews was willing to discuss.
That's totally unrealistic if you begin at Atlas today. Do the math yourself. In a year from now you'd have to be around 900 on the seniority list. If you started today at around #1520, how many would have to leave ahead of you in order to be awarded the upgrade?
Right now the most junior guy would move up the list an average of 15 per month. That average would eventually be cut in half to around 7 per month as you gain seniority. Use those numbers to decide for yourself.