Originally Posted by
Frank717
I would take warm against the quick upgrade. I’m not there, but my friend looked into them a few months ago. Lots and lots of FOs leaving, of course, some CAs leaving, but not as many. They have only hired a few in the past 6 months when every other is booming. A new FOs there is now looking at 4+ years for the upgrade, given their current rate of hiring and slow growth.
Just a response from someone who is here at ATI.
Our last hire class prior to the one that just started this week (2/14/22), was 9/29/21. Most ACMI carriers will pause hiring going into peak season.
A quick look at the seniority list, the Jr CA was hired 11/19. So that’s 2yrs and a few months? Going forward, I do believe that will increase. But 4+ years is a little excessive.
Growth has slowed compared to the last few years. As of today, 3 more tails are coming this year. The cause, we’re told, has been the slow down at the conversion houses due to the affects of the pandemic affecting parts/personnel shortages thus affecting slot availability.