Regional Upgrade Time

[Q400 Gear Bitch]

awac......a very, very, very long time..

same thing at Horizon

 

[rattler]

Doesn't matter...because what it is now isn't going to be anything close to what it will be when you upgrade. Its constantly changing. Its like using this week's sports section to find out next week's scores.

That is probably the most accurate thing ever said.

Here's a good example. Continental Express is hiring 60 a month! Upgrades are running 6 months on the props and 18 months on the jet. 175 additional jets are on firm order, so the growth will boom for years to come. There is also a flow through to mainline so you will be in a 737 in 5 years! Get your apps in quick! (this was in 2001)

Off to Houston you go. You meet Gordon Bethune who welcomes your entire new hire class to Continental Airlines (not express), and preceeds to confirm everthing that was said above.

9/11 happens and your furloughed. A couple of years come and go, and finally you get recalled. This time it's different. There are no promises, there is no Gordon Bethune. Only a guy called Jim Ream and some new company called ExpressJet. Oh, and those upgrades look like 5 years now. The flow though is gone.

Well not all is bad, it's still a great company, but it is nothing like the way it was originally sold to you. Things change very fast in this industry. One thing I've learned is you can't predict the future.

Last weeks Eastern, was yesterdays Delta, which is todays Southwest.

 

[jetexas]

Eagle?...What's upgrade?

 

[FurloughedAgain]

Last weeks Eastern, was yesterdays Delta, which is todays Southwest.

oooh I like that one!

In the 1970s pilots fought for positions at Eastern, Braniff, Pan-Am

In the 1990s pilots fought for positions at United, Delta, US Airways, etc.

In the 2000s pilots are fighting for positions at Southwest, Jetblue, and AirTran

Who will we be fighting for in 2010?

 

[Beechnut]

Air Wisconsin.


Ha ha, I crack myself up.

S.

 

[Q400 Gear Bitch]

Who will we be fighting for in 2010?

Mesa, Go-Jet and Virgin America...

 

[Dodge]

Mesa, Go-Jet and Virgin America...

That's funny.......... if it weren't true.

 

[Madcow]

I'm fighting for Hooters Air.