Just interviewed Wed. HR said 7 in Jan 14 in FEb then pick back up.

Is there word on how many they plan on upgrading per month for the year of 2016?

There's a vacancy for 5 ORD and 5 MCO captains closing on Nov. 17th, but it's not effective until the end of March 2016. So I'd say 2016 is off to somewhat of a slow start for upgrades.

Slow indeed. That's a bummer. I flew with one of our higher ups in the training dept just a few weeks ago, and he said the company wanted 14 upgrades a month. I liked his idea better. What's the point of running one so far ahead of time? Is that the norm usually?

I was told by the folks in the chief pilots office that they will be an average of 10 upgrades per month in 2016.

Don't be fooled by the upgrade effective date. They are always well into the future of when training begins. The October 12 upgrade class had an effective date of the end of December.

Yes, that class will be done a month before it's effective date of 29DEC.

The last numbers I heard was 200+ new hires and 80 upgrades in '16

The March VSA training begins in January. There's an ebb and flow of lease returns and new aircraft that keeps the fleet size essentially stable until late in 2016, but the utilization keeps going up. Hiring for attrition is going to climb throughout the year though in my opinion.

I still have a job fair ticket for this Friday if anyone wants it. Let me know. $124. Top 50 spot in the take a number.

Whatever is posted in the past has nothing to do with the question I asked. I just made a opinion, and if you are a college graduate at least, you should know we are entitled to our own opinions. Looking at your history and your posts on threads, your a person with numerous failures, and setbacks and are showing your frustration from your failures on the threads. With your credentials, this is the exactly the best position you can reach in your career which is where you are where you are today.