Originally Posted by elmetal

It's me it's me it's me!
I'm so excited!

Originally Posted by Turbosina

Congrats!

As for me, I ain't going anywhere until I can hold a line in my home base. They could give me a fifth stripe and I still wouldn't commute to reserve again!

Originally Posted by elmetal

Done it before... On a much less efficient airplane (aka bro aka crediting over 4 a day was impossible. No one broke guarantee EVER).

Its gonna suck a bit, but I'm doing anything in my power to become better and more competitive to move on. It'll be at least a year before I can get back to den. And another year for a line. No way am I putting pic on hold for 2 years. I have no idea what this industry will look like next year much less 2 from now!

But i totally get the qol thing. It's hard to give up the ability to pick my days off and always get them. 32 hour 4 day last month, 26 hour 700 4 day (and I dont fly 4 days but that credit sucked me in)

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Originally Posted by elmetal

See you suckers there. #ImThePlug

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Originally Posted by ImPilot I Fly

If you start class Monday the 8th. You will be around 4000 something on the seniority list. I started on the 25th. Company seniority was mid 3900s. We have moved up 20 something spots in two weeks. Junior captain, which is DTW CRJ is 2500ish. So, 1500 FOs in front of you have to get out of the way, either by A. upgrading, which requires 1500 captains to leave/get fired/retire/lose medical or B. Moving on to another job. 1500 pilots is a lot. The only other way upgrades stay at 24 to 36 months is to add flying. Which is predicated on getting new contracts and the bigger challenge, hiring enough new pilots to expand the seniority list faster than the current attrition rate. I will be surprised if I upgrade in 4 years. But you never know. If attrition stays at 60/month. A new hire could upgrade in 24 months. If the recruiting and training. Department can keep up. Upgrade time is a living breathing document. It's always changing.

Originally Posted by mobius27

I'll take the optimist's position here and remind everyone that the exodus to the majors is still spooling up. Hopefully no regional will be able to keep up with that attrition and we'll all get to go to mainline

Originally Posted by saxman66

Keep in mind that not all those will take the first upgrade. I large percentage wait until they have a better schedule, or their base has openings. This means they get skipped, and the next junior guy gets to upgrade. We probably have a few hundred FO's that can hold captain positions, but choose not to.


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