Shortest Updgrade Time

[amcnd]

Its hard to predict upgrade times. When I started at Eagle it was 18 months, now its 5 years. I think the same goes for Comair and Wisky. Hired on today, and you are looking at atleast 4-6 years. Attrition is running to low at the big regoinals these days.

 

[Humphreybogart]

Guitar Guy, I don't fly for NetJets. I just read alot of negative stuff about them posted by their pilots on the fractional side of this website. I've flown for a 121 carrier and it's the lowest of low jobs out there as far as working environment goes. It's definately a step up going to a fractional, however, the money you're talking about at Lakes is not much different than the salary at NetJets. Congrats on your new position!

 

[grog_sit_reserv]

Mesa: 3 yrs 10 mos

If... when Airways tanks it will be a lot like Eagle. Also, Mesa is a very bad company, stay away, stay very far away....

 

[flynfarr]

Dude, Chautauqua!!! Current upgrade classes are full of guys/gals with 18 months with the company!! We are not talking b1900 here either. E145/170 and beyond. Even if Airways tanks, we are sitting OK (look for the 18 months to slow a little) but we are "rumored" to be getting yet another codeshare in 2005 and this is a really nice place to work. Lots of bases with a nice mix of day trips up to 4 day trips. Sleep at home or don't! Good luck and hope to see you on the November senority list!

 

[norskman2]

Lakes is averaging the loss of 1 pilot PER DAY this month. Even though the seniority list has a lot of captains on it, every day, people are interviewing and putting in their resignation. And a lot of F/O's are moving on, too. .

Are things THAT bad at Lakes? Isn't the prospect of maybe a short upgrade time down the road enough to keep F/Os on?

 

[psysicx]

Skip the regionals and to Ameriflight.Six months you will be sitting left seat of the B-99.It only gets better from there you will be flying the metro and B-1900.

 

[English]

Skip the regionals and to Ameriflight.Six months you will be sitting left seat of the B-99.It only gets better from there you will be flying the metro and B-1900.

True story. A former student of mine (you know who you are ) asked me for advice about whether to go to SkyWest or go to Ameriflite. I told him to go to Ameriflite, which was a sure thing at the time, then decide about SkyWest after he was hired there. Well, he was soon hired at SkyWest but placed into a pool for a Brazilia class. He was finally called for a class a few weeks ago, I think in a CRJ, at the same time he was slated to go to BE99 upgrade training. He bypassed SKyWest and is now a BE99 captain, gaining PIC turbine time.

So, SIC 121 in a jet for 19k, or PIC 135 in a turboprop for 35K? I think he made the right choice.

 

[Xdriver]

Oh baby once a LAKER always a LAKER Voss is still running the show huh? Boy do I miss BIS DEN FSD DEN BIS in the ol EMB-120 those mornings in BIS at -40 wind chills NOT or lan ord lan ord lan ord lan do that all day forget jepps we had it memorized.

 

[248to2.8]

Well right now Skyway has upgrades going through that started 7 months ago. Kinda scary. So that sounds like one of the quickest upgrades. However if Delta takes a crap, we'll have the fastest furlough around.

 

[Guitar Guy]

Guitar Guy, I don't fly for NetJets. I just read alot of negative stuff about them posted by their pilots on the fractional side of this website. I've flown for a 121 carrier and it's the lowest of low jobs out there as far as working environment goes. It's definately a step up going to a fractional, however, the money you're talking about at Lakes is not much different than the salary at NetJets. Congrats on your new position!

Just FYI, a friend and former co-worker of mine fromLakes that got on with NJA in June/July is now on captain pay there. He is making noticably more than any line captain at Lakes and he's not even been at NJA for 6 months and he's a right-seater.