Pinnacle upgrade requirements
 

The Airline Pilot Central Quicktake on Pinnacle airlines states that upgrade requrements are "2500TT with 1000TT in company aircraft," then directly below that statement, it states that "New-hires meeting the above upgrade requirements are upgrading within a month or two of completion of initial new-hire training." These statements seem to be conflicting. Does anyone know what is meant by "company aircraft?" I received an invitation to interview today and knowing whether or not I have an opportunity to upgrade soon will help in my decision making. Any info will greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I think they mean 1000 hours in a CRJ, at Pinnacle or elsewhere

Two ways to expedite promotion from First Officer to Captain in as
little as 16-18 months
o Beginning in July 2007, new Captain mentoring program
allows for Captain upgrade after 2000 flight hours (including
1500 hours in a Pinnacle CRJ)
o Revised Captain upgrade standards, with a minimum of 3500
total flight hours or 2500 hours in a RJ in combination with
1000 hours in a Pinnacle CRJ.

actually they left out what they were supposed to. the upgrade time is 3500 hours. or,

3000 hours if you have 500 at pinnacle or

2500 if you have 1000hrs at pinnacle in their crj.

that is where the confusion is. they are refering to people who come here with 3500 hours and can upgrade almost immediatly (just look at our latest vacancy). to upgrade at 2500 you need 1000hrs at pinnacle (just look at the bid screen where you put your bid in for captain, it says this specificly.) to upgrade at 3000hrs you need to have 500hrs at pinnacle, and any joe can upgrade with 3500hrs

Thanks all...hey airsupport, I have a question. I have an interview with Pinnacle on the 18th, if I am offered the job and succeed in training, what are the chances that I will be able to upgrade right away with 5700TT, 4300 ME and 3300 CRJ SIC time? Thanks!

this should answer your question..

INITIAL AWARD
Vacancy 07-08 Initial

DTW CA –

1-12 were filled (left off names for obvious reasons)
13 No available/qualified bidders. Possible new hires.
14 No available/qualified bidders. Possible new hires.
15 No available/qualified bidders. Possible new hires.
16 No available/qualified bidders. Possible new hires.
17 No available/qualified bidders. Possible new hires.
18 No available/qualified bidders. Possible new hires.
19 No available/qualified bidders. Possible new hires.
20 No available/qualified bidders. Possible new hires.

MSP CA -
1-4 were filled
5 No available/qualified bidders. Possible new hires.
6 No available/qualified bidders. Possible new hires.
7 No available/qualified bidders. Possible new hires.
8 No available/qualified bidders. Possible new hires.
9. No available/qualified bidders. Possible new hires

one guy said only 14 fo's bid for 40 captain spots

so to answer your question there are plenty of captain spots available, welcome aboard, you will be hired... :)

awesome! Thanks!

airsupport, one more question. I was curious if there going to be additional domiciles as a result of the delta connection flying? Thanks again.

I was going to say a good friend of mine just upgraded after 8 months of being there, that includes the "3 month" crazy training that PNCL puts you through. Now is defiently the time from what I hear.

no new domiciles have been mentioned yet... but the rumor mill is intense....

Can you be a little more specific regarding those rumors?

Learn how the plane works before you go and kill yourself. END OF RUMORS!

As far as other domiciles who knows. PT told us we would know in the middle of july so they could post the vacancy and get people assigned and trained on the 900's. The strongest rumors have them being in a southern base. LAX and ATL are the front runners. the reason people believe this is that delta told us specificly what type of plane and equipment to order, dual fms, hf radios, ovens, etc, etc. all of which add up to long legs and over water or international operations. flying to mexico isn't that far a reach for pinnacle since we had 2 flights a day to monterrey mexico when we first got the rj's. now for my caveat. i think it is ridiculous that we are getting planes that will serve hot meals, fly international, and all that other crap. I think it is stupid that mesaba is flying 900's when there are still nwa pilots on furlough (although i heard this morning that they are being recalled). i mean look at this compass plane,, shouldn't a furloughed main liner be flying that, and i think it looks funny having Airlink painted on the side of that thing. it should just say nwa.

www.pbase.com/lexyky/image/81429462/original.jpg

i know there isn't much the pilots can do about it but oh well, thats my rant.

so anyway there you go. if you have the time you can come here and upgrade as you saw earlier.

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You'll have to excuse Ellen. It's that time of the year for her.

The other rumor bases are SLC or CVG... We should have an answer within a few months b/c come November we are flying them...

Ellen - what the heck is up with your response? Woman, you need to chill.