Just as a data point and to provide some context for how quickly things can change.
Just about a year ago, upgrade times at Republic were nearly 3 years. They had been higher before that, similar to ExpressJet.
Over the last year, we've seen upgrade times steadily drop; the most recent award before the new bases were announced was 1 year 8 months, meaning on the line at 2 years.
After the base announcement last month, that dropped, essentially, to the 1000 hours. We had one guy get it at 12 months, but they had prior time. 8 vacancies went unfilled because we don't have enough upgrade-eligible pilots.
Things change very quickly when growth starts happening. I know y'all are still at a net negative for 2019 hiring, but so is Republic, and we've just been given 30 additional aircraft. Hiring can't happen fast enough at either place.
Especially for the people who have been around a while and been abused, it's hard not to react based on emotions rather than logic. But resist that. Look at the data. Upgrades will continue to drop precipitously.