Originally Posted by AlaskaBound (Post 1734416)

Did you go to Perdue?

Originally Posted by DaCat1989 (Post 1734760)

Theoretically speaking, when would I need to be hired/online before the quick upgrade goes away?

Originally Posted by BlueMoon (Post 1733669)

I think it's getting close to the end of the quick upgrade. 150 flows left and the AA planes require about 110 captains.

So 260 captains needed. We have approximately 220 FO's as of last bid packet. So only 40 people hired will actually be needed to staff the captains seats. I think more than 40 are slated for class between now and January.

That doesn't account for any other attrition.

So you would most likely upgrade from attrition rather than growth. That could be "fast" or it might not. I think we'll have decent attrition after the flow ends, but that is my opinion.

Originally Posted by BlueMoon (Post 1734893)

To be guaranteed an upgrade with the planned growth, probably in class by Jan or Feb. After that, you will need attrition to upgrade.

While I'm sure we will have attrition, no one can say for sure how fast it will be.

Here is the math from an earlier post:

Originally Posted by MrMustache (Post 1734914)

It will be more than 40 new hires who will upgrade. The plan right now is over 300 upgrades by Fall 2015, speaking with the head of the training dept. And like mentioned before there are quite a few who won't have the time to upgrade so even more new hires will be able to upgrade in a year. The people who won't have the time currently on property could take awhile to to upgrade. They will have to wait for attrition if they don't get the hours in time.

Originally Posted by Bzzt (Post 1734985)

Here is some food for thought. At the UAL FFD Open House the director of training spoke with us. He said United will be hiring 1300+ pilots over the next 20 months and interviewing ~2900. If you extrapolate that to all 3 mainlines you're going to be seeing roughly 3900 pilots hired at the legacy level alone in the next 2 years. Will the upgrade be 18 months if you're hired for a class date after February? Maybe not, but will it be the current standard of 4+ years at most regionals? Absolutely not.

Originally Posted by dickmaster3000 (Post 1735070)

Does it seem like most guys at Compass are going to hold out for Delta, or are they open to go to any major/legacy?

Originally Posted by dickmaster3000 (Post 1735070)

Does it seem like most guys at Compass are going to hold out for Delta, or are they open to go to any major/legacy?

Originally Posted by PropDriver (Post 1734148)

This is the October Delta flying. There is no map for American yet since we haven't started it.