Originally Posted by
BigWillyCapt
I did hear a from one of the training chiefs at one of our get-togethers that they are contemplating this in the future. Upgrades paired with a new -hire.
Just curious, I think it would be a challenge, but why do you require 2 NH for each upgrade? Traditionally, an airline carries more captains because of seniority/medical etc. Also, I would assume the footprint for upgrade is shorter than for initial so that would complicate it a bit.
If you wanna grow equally for both seats:
1 upgrade = -1 FO
You need 2 newhires to replace one upgraded FO to CA.
Example: you have 100 CAs and 100 FOs. You wanna increase staffing and end up with 150 of each. You upgrade 50 FOs to CAs. How many FOs do you need to hire to end up with 150?
Obviously that's easy math. I hope I didn't sound condescending. There are many variables like attrition, check airmen, non-flying positions, etc. I bet the math is more complicated, thus never exactly 1:2.