A lil bit of info for those of you still job hunting...

Although UG time is all history, seems to hold a lot of weight with those of you who are looking at different companies. Currently, we are upgrading guys hired in 06/2001. That puts our upgrade time at about 7 years. No one was hired between 09/2001 and 01/2004 because we had AA pilots flowback and displace Eagle pilots. (long story, let not even start!) The guys hired in 01/2004 should be upgrading in the next couple of months, which makes their UG time, about 4 and a half years. There are only about 200 guys hired in 2004 that are still here so in theory, if we upgrade more than 200 guys this year (less than 20 per month which is likely for up) , the UG time will drop further. Eagle is still desperately hiring, and very short staffed, which also means that if you get hired here now, it is much less likely you will be furloughed and you will probably not spend very long on reserve.

Note: As mentioned earlier, UG times are simply history. They are like stock prices. The guys who are upgrading now were hired at a time when the upgrade time was 18 months, yet look how long it took them.

This is meant to be just a little bit of info those of you who are new to a 121 job. There is a lot of negativity floating around now about Eagle and I just wanted to clear up a few misconceptions. Its not the greatest place to be, but it sure is a LOT better than many regionals out there.