Originally Posted by
Devildog40
all very good info thank you! Not too worried about bid packs/flying first couple years.. tho I am seeing IAH captain upgrade on 737/320 is under 2 years, versus 5-ish years for DL? Is that something to weigh highly, seems like a big difference?
I mentioned this in another thread yesterday, but
current upgrade timing is
irrelevant to someone not on property. Things have and are changing far too fast for that data to matter to you.
That said, lately, captain upgrades have been awarded as short as ~18 months at DL. The most recent bid was an outlier, but was about 2.5 years. BUT, it will both get more senior and take longer as
hiring has slowed since those pilots were hired. I would suspect that someone applying today could easily see a 5-year upgrade, or even longer. Far too many variables to accurately project though.