Originally Posted by
UndrPar
The only upgrade that would be out of seniority order would be for ILC. But that would still require interviewing with a team and being picked up. Upgrade into the Phenom is hovering around 8 months, possibly shorter. Challenger is 14-16 months. Praetor I have no clue. There are opportunities for bonuses to help boost year 1 pay while waiting for upgrade.
Phenom is 8 months +/- .5 months.
Challenger and Praetor run about the same 14-18 months on the high end.
ILC in theory is open to anyone on Day 1, but the shortest time I've seen since I've been here is ~6 months and that was because the applicant had an established relationship with the hiring aircraft commander due to prior military service. Most ILC applicants are getting traction between 18-30 months, but that program is either who you know or how many times you're willing to go back to the grindstone and interview again.