Originally Posted by
Sqwk1200
I know there are a lot of number crunchers out there. I was hoping someone could share their findings on CA upgrade timelines for AAL/DAL/SWA/UAL and if able FDX/UPS. Let's keep it simple, just a rough estimate please. Don't have to dig into the weeds.
Thanks!
The only value is looking at the bulge of pilots hired in front of you in a certain date range.
Upgrade times? Are you old enough to remember Miss Cleo?
Around my 1990 vintage, things were rocking and rolling like now. We were told our airline was going to 15,000 pilots and upgrades were coming in hot at 6 years or less.
We dropped under 8000 pilots and spent 18-22 years involuntary time as FO in the right seat. Just imagine that while flying with a clueless CA who upgraded in 5 years.
Sick as it may sound, your fortunes are tied to a few 13 year clueless #### who are beating themselves memorizing the book of a 7th century pedophile while fighting to mount the cutest goat.
Their level of success affects your progression more than any other metric.
Sorry.