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10-02-2018 | 05:14 AM

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Upgrade time- west coast

A little confused while looking at SkyWest's website regarding upgrade time. Are all of the central/East coast bases where the upgrade to captain seats are opening up the quickest? So if I was a new hire and wanted to bid into LAX/SFO/DEN etc...my upgrade time would be between the 3-5 year mark since I have 0 121 time?

10-02-2018 | 05:23 AM

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By then you should be able to get further west.. but yes ORD/DTW seem to be the jr captain at 1 year... Then DFW, LAX

10-02-2018 | 07:33 AM

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Thanks, that doesn't sound too bad. Is it my understanding for those starting with a 1,000 hour restricted ATP will have to wait until 2,500 TT for upgrade instead of just 1,000 121 time (2,000 TT)?

That is correct.

10-02-2018 | 09:32 AM

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By then you should be able to get further west.. but yes ORD/DTW seem to be the jr captain at 1 year... Then DFW, LAX

I highly doubt the upgrade out west is going to come down.

10-02-2018 | 01:38 PM

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How much longer is it for an ERJ FO to meet upgrade time requirements (1,000 121/2,500 TT) than a CRJ FO. Most people at the company say choose the CRJ for the quick upgrade, but can't an ERJ FO upgrade to CRJ CA once they meet the time requirements?

Why would you willingly choose to spend a year or two on an airplane you aren’t going to fly as a captain and then take an upgrade checkride in a plane you’ve never flown?

10-02-2018 | 01:51 PM

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Why would you willingly choose to spend a year or two on an airplane you aren’t going to fly as a captain and then take an upgrade checkride in a plane you’ve never flown?

Because it's not really that big of a deal.

10-02-2018 | 06:32 PM

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Because it's not really that big of a deal.

Can’t stand to give up a year of shiny jet?

10-02-2018 | 08:49 PM

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Can’t stand to give up a year of shiny jet?

I didn't say that. I said it's not really that big of a deal to upgrade on a jet you've never flown. It's done at the legacies every day.

10-02-2018 | 10:11 PM

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Just checked the website; a 2/18 captain is in DTW. This 1/18 guy or gal must be there as well.

I know that (or a) 2/18 CRJ captain. He says he's on reserve.

10-03-2018 | 07:16 AM

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Because it's not really that big of a deal.

It is a big deal. I've flown with one and it wasn't pretty.

It's done at the majors all the time but those guys have way more than 1000 hours of 121 time and have flown multiple 121 aircraft. The guy's comment was "1000 hours of 121 time + upgrade in new jet = not a good idea".

I know of a guy who upgraded on the CRJ from the ERJ but he had a couple of years under his belt. Very sharp guy. For the average guy (and that's most of us) not a good idea.

Take a 1000 hour ERJ FO from ORD, upgrade him on the CRJ, and then throw him into some of the tricky airports out West - not a good idea....