Originally Posted by
Bluedriver
I think this is going to prove to be inaccurate. Upgrade at Blue is around the same as Spirit. Add the two companies together, you also add the two order books together, some additional staffing required for JCBA rules, staffing for transatlantic ops, and I don't see why the upgrade time changes dramatically from current. If both companies have 3 year upgrades separately, no reason putting them together suddenly means 8-10 year upgrades.
Agree, although seniority at some bases might be affected.
But if JB has three year upgrades, the profile page at ALPC rather desperately needs updating.
The bigger issue for NK is being a CA on reserve. Last I checked, there were some 200 FOs senior to our junior CA. The QOL for our lineholders is purchased to some extent at the cost of our people on reserve, which is why many (especially commuters) defer upgrade until they have the seniority to hold a line at their base. We need to fix that in the JCBA. We ought to be able to get back better QOL for those on reserve without the “checker boarding” issues that sometimes really were pretty egregious. IMHO, anyway.