Originally Posted by
higney85
With 3500TT you could get a quick upgrade but you are looking at at least 2 years before an OK QOL if you upgrade quick. On the FO side it takes about 6-8 months to start getting OK schedules and by a year you are holding good schedules. I have been able to hold 18 off and weekends since about 14 months into it but I am an FO. If I were to upgrade right now I would most likely be on reserve but a bottom line would be in sight. I cannot guarantee that the upgrades will stay the way they are. Many are not upgrading immediately (when they hold good FO seniority and can hold a bottom CA line) because of QOL. I have flown with CA's Junior to me and they are not happy people. If we get a fair contract I could see many upgrade and it will become a seniority issue for a junior person coming here for a quick upgrade. Many new FO's are going to ATL fwiw. Stay away until we get a contract. An extra few months waiting on an upgrade is not a big deal.
exactly. i have been here for about 2 and half years, have around 1800 hours at pinnacle and over 3200 total time. but like higney said i am not putting in for upgrade till i am solid into the line holder side on captain. i could hold a line in dtw but still about 6-7 away from holding a line in mem (mem is the most senior base). so i am just enjoying my 18 days off this month and not letting the quick upgrade trap me into the poor qol that reserve brings at pinnacle, been there and done that. unless something crazy happens there will always be upgrades at pinnacle. infact once again on the last bid there were captain vacancies that went unfilled.