Notices
Republic Airways Regional Airline

Upgrade Times?

Old 02-20-2018, 08:30 AM
  #1  
Line Holder
Thread Starter
 
Joined APC: Jan 2018
Posts: 26
Default Upgrade Times?

Hey all -- I was curious as to what the latest upgrade times are for those joining as a new FO with no previous 121 experience. Looked at a couple of older threads but we know that this always in flux.

Any comparisons to Envoy or Endeavor upgrade times? I know historically it's been longer than some other regionals, but is the time decreasing at all?

Any info would be appreciated!
midlifeflysis is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 08:34 AM
  #2  
Line Holder
 
stfoley23's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Sep 2016
Position: CFI
Posts: 66
Default

Just went to a recruiting event in Phoenix for the Cadet program and the upgrade times are still 2.5 - 3 years. Might drop a little in the future as hiring starts ramping up but RAH seems to have more captains that stay for an extended time than other airlines
stfoley23 is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 09:15 AM
  #3  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,099
Default

Industry changes so fast that chasing upgrade times should be one of the bottom things on your list when choosing a Regional. Upgrade times today won't look anything like upgrade times 2 or 3 years from now.
TheWeatherman is offline  
Old 02-23-2018, 11:31 AM
  #4  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: May 2016
Posts: 391
Default

Junior award in the latest vacancies went to a Feb 15 hire
Random Task is offline  
Old 02-23-2018, 11:34 AM
  #5  
Currently Furloughed
 
Joined APC: Mar 2014
Position: C172 Captain
Posts: 643
Default

54 CA vacancies system wide. Expect upgrade times to drop to 2.5 years and additional flying/aircraft to come online.
KCaviator is offline  
Old 02-24-2018, 06:55 AM
  #6  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: May 2016
Posts: 391
Default

Originally Posted by KCaviator View Post
54 CA vacancies system wide. Expect upgrade times to drop to 2.5 years and additional flying/aircraft to come online.
Don't confused vacancies with ugprades. Those are vacancies that current captains can bid on. We've been having ~50 vacancies but usually half of those are upgrades.
Random Task is offline  
Old 02-24-2018, 08:56 AM
  #7  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Dec 2007
Position: Emb 170/175 FO
Posts: 272
Default

Originally Posted by Random Task View Post
Don't confused vacancies with ugprades. Those are vacancies that current captains can bid on. We've been having ~50 vacancies but usually half of those are upgrades.


We haven’t had a ~50 captain vacancy in a long time, probably not since the Republic/Shuttle merger. I think the largest most recent vacancy had 36. While agree that this will not equal out to 54 true upgrades, I think it will significantly effect the upgrade time here.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
TurbineTime is offline  
Old 02-24-2018, 10:17 AM
  #8  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Sep 2015
Posts: 660
Default

Originally Posted by Random Task View Post
Don't confused vacancies with ugprades. Those are vacancies that current captains can bid on. We've been having ~50 vacancies but usually half of those are upgrades.
Unless we shrink there are usually backfill awards filled by FOs.
knewyork is offline  
Old 02-25-2018, 01:54 PM
  #9  
Line Holder
 
Joined APC: Jan 2018
Posts: 57
Default

RAH is where careers go to finish, not start. Many lifers, not bad, just the reality.
1704LIFE is offline  
Old 02-25-2018, 02:06 PM
  #10  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,022
Default

Originally Posted by 1704LIFE View Post
RAH is where careers go to finish, not start. Many lifers, not bad, just the reality.


Really no more than anywhere else.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
4V14T0R is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
joepilot
FedEx
29
01-24-2017 03:45 AM
HSLD
Regional
33
08-16-2007 07:02 PM
sevendeuce
Regional
9
03-27-2007 12:08 AM
molson247
Regional
2
03-26-2007 04:15 AM
RockBass14
Regional
13
07-20-2005 06:08 AM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Thread Tools
Search this Thread
Your Privacy Choices