Originally Posted by
RemoveB4flght
Very much this.
Add to that at any time another event like a base opening (especially west of the Mississippi) could trigger a huge chunk of upgrade holdouts.
For posterity I would plan on needing to be at 50% for an upgrade and anything earlier to that is a gift.
Either way, the days of 2 year upgrades are long gone as this growth is steady, not exponential.
Bottom line today was great news and solidifies NK as a valid career choice for those recently hired.
I am going to opine that long upgrade times will not really begin until 2024 or maybe beyond. Absurd? Not hardly. My opinion is owing to the further opinion that many FOs will bail out of here before upgrading. The big three will be scooping up pilots in droves and Spirit FOs are highly qualified. I have no data, but it makes sense to me that if upgrades begin to mathematically stretch out; in the voice of Black Ops 4, Bail Bail Bail!