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zondaracer 03-02-2016 05:07 PM


Originally Posted by CODs4ever (Post 2080732)
Word,

What is the upgrade time at SkyWest (assuming you already have 100 hours of Part 121 time) if one were to be willing to take any base and aircraft type is not important?

Thanks in advance.

Currently 4 years. It may drop, it may not. Most junior bases are MSP for the CRJ and ORD for the Ejet.

Turbosina 03-02-2016 05:09 PM


Originally Posted by CODs4ever (Post 2080732)
Word,

What is the upgrade time at SkyWest (assuming you already have 100 hours of Part 121 time) if one were to be willing to take any base and aircraft type is not important?

Thanks in advance.

I'm too darn lazy to look up the exact number on SWOL but upgrade is running just over 4 years, give or take a few months. Of course, that can all change in the blink of an eye...

... And be prepared, as the junior CRJ CA, to sit endless reserve in MSP. On the 175, endless reserve in ORD.

saxman66 03-02-2016 05:14 PM


Originally Posted by Turbosina (Post 2080743)
I'm too darn lazy to look up the exact number on SWOL but upgrade is running just over 4 years, give or take a few months. Of course, that can all change in the blink of an eye...



... And be prepared, as the junior CRJ CA, to sit endless reserve in MSP. On the 175, endless reserve in ORD.


The junior captain in my upgrade got a line in MSP within 3-4 months. ORD slightly longer.


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amcnd 03-02-2016 05:32 PM


Originally Posted by saxman66 (Post 2080745)
The junior captain in my upgrade got a line in MSP within 3-4 months. ORD slightly longer.


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With current attrition and training full speed ahead i would guess it will be around 3 years this summer. Under rhat this fall.. (Been tracking it a long time... This is oddly familure of 2005-7 time frame were upgrade dropped to 2 years)

word302 03-02-2016 05:38 PM


Originally Posted by Turbosina (Post 2080743)
I'm too darn lazy to look up the exact number on SWOL but upgrade is running just over 4 years, give or take a few months. Of course, that can all change in the blink of an eye...

... And be prepared, as the junior CRJ CA, to sit endless reserve in MSP. On the 175, endless reserve in ORD.

Ummmm. You do realize reserve is almost nonexistent in MSP? 175 is a different story currently.

Turbosina 03-02-2016 07:04 PM


Originally Posted by word302 (Post 2080765)
Ummmm. You do realize reserve is almost nonexistent in MSP? 175 is a different story currently.

I stand corrected. I'm a West Coast guy... Did my time commuting to ORD reserve, and escaped to sunnier climates.

FaceBiter 03-02-2016 07:40 PM

Just a guess but the 35+ 175's being delivered in the second half of this year are about to shake things right up.

Cruz5350 03-02-2016 08:18 PM


Originally Posted by amcnd (Post 2080759)
With current attrition and training full speed ahead i would guess it will be around 3 years this summer. Under rhat this fall.. (Been tracking it a long time... This is oddly familure of 2005-7 time frame were upgrade dropped to 2 years)

According to Virginia I'm about 100 away so I'm guessing end of summer early fall, that would be about 2.5 ish years. How many upgrades are we running a month 20?

FaceBiter 03-02-2016 09:17 PM

What? You mean the upgrade time when you got hired does not equate to when the upgrade actually happens? Wowza, I need to sit down. Amazering. Anyone have a Tylenol?

Blackwing 03-02-2016 09:25 PM


Originally Posted by JB22 (Post 2080306)
I am already networking and every time I jumpseat I am requesting letters of recommendation from people to add to my account.

You seriously ask for a letter of recommendation when riding in someone's jumpseat?


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