firstthird
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It's seven years, give or take, and I don't see how it can drop two years as the airline grows in size.
I explained it above. It really is a simple equation. The fact that you don't see it is really immaterial. Right now my upgrade is projected at 5 yrs 5 months to lance and 5 years 9 months to captain.
Like I said above, if age 60 changes, add about 1 year to 1.5 years to above numbers. I'm near the start of the post 9/11 slow down hires so there will probably be some behind me that have shorter upgrades.
It isn't 5 years but it shouldn't be 7 either.
I suspect there is no way to convince you till it happens since you don't seem to be mathematically inclined so I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. I, on the inside with a vested interest in understanding how it works; you, on the outside, refusing to believe the information people tell you.
Although, I think you said your SWA buddies were telling you 7 years. If so, they were probably hired pre 9/11 and are pissed it isn't 5. Well, speaking as someone who spent 2.5 years between interview and getting hired. I would've rather been hired and be where they are at a 7 year upgrade than to have been 2+ years with no job and no money coming in and be looking at a 5.5 or 6 upgrade. It is all a matter of perspective.
Strictly math, as long as a company grows at a constant rate, upgrades will come at a constant rate, assuming constant rate retirements. thus the 5 year upgrade for so long. The 3 percent (guess) versus 8-10 percent for 2 years put a delay in the system for those on property when it happened. I can't explain it simpler than that.