Cosmo1999
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ILStoMinimums said:Congrats SKW!
Off the topic question: Can a newhire now expact an upgrade within two years if hired today? How many more airframes coming?
Going based strictly on what is known now the two year upgrades will end very soon. There are no more scheduled deliveries after Febuary of 2006 to my knowledge. Things can change but to upgrade in two years you would need the explosive growth to continue at the rate that it has. There will be 2 700s per month til the end of the year then 6 in January 06 and 5 in Feb. 06. After that you are back to waiting for attrition and retirements to upgrade both of which arent that high at all. 2 years ago the upgrade time was probably much different. I guess the bottom line is expect nothing because upgrade time is usually dependant on growth and it looks like the growth is starting to slow down soon. Things can change quickly however such as getting new aircraft or a new code share however that looks highly unlikely at this time.