Originally Posted by
Swakid8
OK, Mesa wasn’t the only place where folks can upgrade within 12 months from DOH prior to Covid. Air Wisconsin, GoJet, Skywest, PSA (I upgraded in 12 months here and PSA were forcing upgrades prior), Piedmont , Envoy (forcing upgrades), TSA, Compass.
You have bad data on the WOs because there were a lot of FOs doing everything possible to keep from giving up their bases and QOL due to a forced upgrade such as bidding reserve and signing up for last call out to drag out the inevitable forced upgrade. But the opportunities were there for the taking.
The exception was Endeavor because of the log jam of FOs there and Republic because of the their upgrade requirements of having 2500 hours TT (this kept 1000 R-ATPs from upgrading at 2000 hours/1000 121). Catch my drift.
Things change, and quickly. When I went to a job fair in ‘18 all of the WOs were advertising 18 month upgrades. I couldn’t, in good conscience, recommend Mesa to anyone right now. At one point though, there was one reason to go there, that was to get time and get out. My path will have me here 3.5 years, which I’m good with. It seems like a pretty fast transition to a legacy.