Depends on how long your background stuff takes. 1 day to 2 weeks maybe

Right on, thanks!

I interviewed on March 25th (CJO received), I got the email with class dates on April 12th, and the formal offer letter on the 13th. I'm going to the May 25th class.

gotcha. I interviewed/got the CJO a couple days ago and they mentioned there’s a few spots left in the 5/25 class. Hoping they get back to me soon enough to fit me in to that one.

thanks and congrats!

congrats and welcome! It’s a great place to be

What would the seniority difference be (with planned growth and current attrition) someone starting around June vs starting in December?

Also, what is the current upgrade? I have read anything from 3 Years to 8 Years. Likely to reduce?

The plan is 40 a month, and we need to net around 30 a month. So June to Dec is a lot.

We've definitely had some issues with hiring, partly due to covid hiccups and hr dept problems, but I anticipate upgrade times to come down. I think they are around 4 years, but idk.

The most junior captain on the seniority list right now is a July ‘18 hire. Also, keep in mind that there was no hiring and no upgrades for a year (covid) between that pilot’s hire date and now. So, upgrade time will effectively drop by a year once upgrade hits the post covid hires.

Having said that, retention is the hangup going forward. As DumboDrop pointed out, there were a lot of issues that contributed to our hiring issue which lead to a backwards moving seniority list for a few months due to attrition. The hiring kinks have been fixed and recruiting and, other than the temporary setback, filling classes has never been, and likely won’t be going forward, an issue. It’s keeping those new hires that have filled the classes that is always the big question mark each month. However, Indigo won’t just let attrition shrink and implode their airline. So, at some point they will address it. In true Indigo fashion though, it won’t be until they absolutely have to… They just haven’t hit that point yet.

I would anticipate that upgrade times will level off around the 3 year mark. Likely less if we plug the attrition problem. Anyone telling you 8 years is speaking out of emotion, not fact, and I would suspect they are a pretty disgruntled individual.

When I left earlier this year, they would have to have upgraded 25 a month EVERY SINGLE MONTH for me to hit a 5 year upgrade.

Considering the seniority list currently has 825 FO positions…825/25=33….you might want to double check your math sir.