Pinnacle Upgrade Questions

[Rip Vanwinkle]

I understand that with special consideration, 2500TT/1000 company is the upgrade minimum for Pinnacle. I'm a 135 guy with about 3100TT (no turbine). Presumably, if I went to Pinnacle, the upgrade would still be available in the year and change it would take to get the 1000? I know they're still getting the growth airplanes from Delta, but losing some 200s to mesaba. How does attrition look on the captain side? Presumably after upgrade I'd be on reserve forever and a day. Which base is most commutable from STL?

And, please, spare me the "you should be delighted to be an FO for five years" nonsense. I plan to learn as much as I can as an FO, but I've no intention of living on food stamps any longer than is absolutely necessary.

Regards,
Rip

 

[goahead]

Go work for Go Jet and be based in the lou.

 

[Rip Vanwinkle]

tempting...but I'm afraid people would say mean things and make me cry.

 

[flyf15]

As far as I know, to upgrade a Pinnacle you need 3500TT, 1500 Turbine, 2000 ME unless you have various amounts of time at the company. So the quickest shot for you would be when you hit 1000 at the company.

Pinnacle is dying for any kind of pilot, very short on both CAs and FOs. Last I heard they are out of FOs to upgrade and upgrade vacancies are going unfilled. I'd guess than with the 12-18 months it takes you to get 1000 at the company, your senority would be good enough that you wouldn't be on reserve for very long as a CA.

Assuming no major Pinnacle / Airline / World events, I doubt this will change much in the near future.

 

[Boris Badenov]

Thanks very much flyf15. Any info on most commutable and junior base?

 

[arthompson]

Commutable really depends on where you're based.

 

[Boris Badenov]

What I meant was "where am I likely to be based while junior" and "what base has the best commutability". I have the same question as Rip, except replace STL with SDF!

Thanks.

 

[3inthegreen]

DTW is the junior base and you will probably have a line in just a few months. Depending on where you commute to, DTW is where most of the commuters are.