Upgrade Times
#1
Upgrade Times
Anybody know who currently has the lowest upgrade times? Is anybody at the regionals upgrading to the left seat within a year or two? Second question: how is it decided what a/c you will go to. Is RJ preference given to those with previous jet/glass cockpit/fms time? Thanks.
#2
Anybody know who currently has the lowest upgrade times? Is anybody at the regionals upgrading to the left seat within a year or two? Second question: how is it decided what a/c you will go to. Is RJ preference given to those with previous jet/glass cockpit/fms time? Thanks.
A/C is decided on availability. What does your senority get you?
#4
Banned
Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: A-320
Posts: 6,929
be careful
Hey CHQ & SKW are both great, well ok airlines (CHQ) but don't ,make your decisions based on upgrade time. Upgarde time for you will be when you upgrade trying to determine that is like trying to figure out whos going to win the world series, sure the Yankees seemed like a 777, but they ended up looking like that beaten down old old USAIR painted Beech 1900 that I used to see at PIT that was flown by MESA, pure garbage! When you upgrade thats when you can figure out what YOUR upgrade time is going to be!
#7
true, but i think you can say with certainty that some upgrade times arent gonna change anytime soon. classic example would be Eagle with roughly 500 flowbacks from AA. its going to take a long time for them to finish recalling, and then with all those senior FO's upgrading to CA after them, its still gonna take a LOOOONG time.
SKW will continue to have decent upgrade times as long as they keep losing 20 CA's a month to the majors
MESA will have good upgrade times because all their FO's are jumping ship
SKW will continue to have decent upgrade times as long as they keep losing 20 CA's a month to the majors
MESA will have good upgrade times because all their FO's are jumping ship
#8
ghilis is dead on. while nothing is ever certain, there are some things that are likely. SKW is continually growing. Poor eagle is not. If I were going to a regional with upgrade in mind, I would not go to eagle.
#9
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2006
Posts: 131
Sky West may be close to upgrading off the street, but if you could go to Go Jets and upgrade in 6 months, does it mean that you should? If you're flying a jet for the first time and "legally" qualify for upgrade, should you? After 6 months or a year on an airplane, does that mean that you are ready to sign the release and take COMPLETE responsibility for that airplane and the 53 (or more) people that aere on board that airplane? Have you seen all 4 seasons and would you know what to expect. Say you got on the line in March, and had the opportunity to upgrade in November. Would you feel comfortable deicing having never done it? What about hold over times? Have you experienced an emergency yet? In the first year, you should be focused on becoming a good first officer and learning the airplane. Your second year, you need to be working on your decision making that will be needed once you upgrade.
My point is, don't make your decision on where to go based on upgrade times. Just because you might be able to upgrade fast, doesn't mean that you should go there just because of that....
My point is, don't make your decision on where to go based on upgrade times. Just because you might be able to upgrade fast, doesn't mean that you should go there just because of that....
#10
SKYW is not going to be putting street captains in the RJ. The brasilia might go down to a few months, but you will still need a lot of time and at least 1000 turbine from another airline.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post