Originally Posted by
Guard
They were saying they expect upgrade time to drop dramatically in next two years???
Pilots upgrading today were hired in the fall of 2005, 13 year upgrades. That hiring cycle continued until August of 2008. After the market crash of 2008 NetJets did not hire again until 2015, this is a large gap of time on the seniority list. At the current rate of 6-8 upgrades per month, this can change either way at any moment, it is going to be in the neighborhood of 50 months before every pilot hired in 2008 and before has had a chance at upgrading. That puts the end of that group, pilots hired in or before 2008, on a 13-14 year timeline for upgrade. Assuming things continue as they are today, the pilots hired after 2015 will be in their 7th or 8th year at NetJets when their seniority could be able to upgrade. That is the “dramatic” drop in upgrade time they are talking about.
This is all based on assumptions and any number of small events can change those assumptions at any time. The seniority game gives and takes at will and often without notice. I hope this helps.