Originally Posted by
ohboyeightyone
have an idea to how long upgrades are?
With extremely minor attrition, some expected new Saab Block hours out of IAD this April, and ramping up for the next 15 Q400's we are obviously doing some upgrading. Currently we are projecting 44 upgrades in 2010 and 42 upgrades in 2011. With a total of 86 upgades this should upgade most of our 07' hires and possibly go into some of our early 08' hires. After that it's completely dependant upon more Block hours/Contracts/Aircraft. In other words, to be fair, I can't give you good estimate of time to upgrade. Please keep in mind this is the airlines so things can and probably will change as time goes on. If you are honestly looking at becoming a part of Colgan please plan accordingly and be ready for the long haul. The days of 10 month upgrades are long gone around here. Good luck!