Originally Posted by
desk pilot
All good input. Thx. What about upgrade times? At 45+. I have to figure how much money I’d have the potential to earn over the 20yrs I have left. For example.. if upgrade is reasonably around 10-15yrs at SWA how would that stack up against any carrier with a 5-7yr upgrade? If you upgrade at 5-7 years at a higher pay rate then you have 13-15yrs at CA pay rather than 5-10 yrs.. does that make sense?
Upgrade times are a shot in the dark. I always calculated upgrade times based on no-growth, and then age 65 happened. For an upgrade at NK you are looking at a pilot group that is about 80% younger than you, so for upgrade look at doubling in size or about 5 years at 15% growth, but that is based on the order coming in and all the deliveries happening. For SWA there are more retirements but less growth, and my best guess would be 10 years. If nothing much changes contract wise you still would easily out-earn at SWA compared to NK IMO.