Originally Posted by
flyingtiger4838
Do you know how many FOs currently have a bid in for upgrade? And do the rumors of high attrition have much truth to it?
I was also thinking that a lot of the FOs Breeze hires are either CFIs or 135 pilots so a lot of those pilots wont have the required 1000 121 before I do I guess? Would I still upgrade before them?
in the 6 months I’ve been here I’ve moved up 7% (all pilot seniority) just from people leaving. Probably 10% leave in 1st half of 2026. A ton of us FOs have CJOs with the majors so the bottom of the pilot group keeps falling out from under you which doesn’t equate to a huge seniority gain when you upgrade. I did the math and if I upgraded early I’d be on reserve for about 5 years.
The CAs won’t leave because they rationalize the beatings they take with seniority and ‘I make enough to be happy’. A ton of the early guys came from skywest so having seniority and not making $19/hr anymore is as good as it gets, why would they ever leave 4 stripes for 3?