upgrades

[holdon]

what regional has the quickest upgrade time and how long is it now?

Thanks in advance

 

[ALASKAN AVIATOR]

nobody

 

[JJJ]

Pinnacle is currently down to 2.5 years. Of course that will change. I'm guessing it will stay around 2.5, maybe go to 2 in the next few bids, and then start going up. It all depends on who has the flight time and who doesn't.

 

[utahpilot]

CommutAir has seen upgrades lately of folks with the company less than a year. I imagine that will change a little, but I'd bet some people will be at or near upgrade in less than 1.5 years for a while still.

 

[holdon]

what about Great Lakes?

 

[Cardinal]

Great Lakes is at about 1.5 years right now, and that number should trend downward by a few months as the year goes on

 

[canadflyau]

@GLA my number just got called, 16months..

 

[Cardinal]

Update, it's down to 13 months at Great Lakes as of this morning.

 

[Capt. Tex]

Long upgrade at a decent company, or a short upgrade at a place like Lakes where you get treated like $hit and get paid like $hit. Remember, there's nowhere to go above the regionals so wherever you end up you'd better be able to live with that company for a while.

 

[KeroseneDream]

They might not be handing out class dates as fast as the unemployment checks, but there is a bit movement...

America West
ATA
Frontier
SW
Alaska (rumor)
Fedex (rumor)

Even with the rumors, better to have the PIC than not.

 

[Socalplt]

SkyWest, which had EMB CP go pretty much to new hires last year is settling into the 2-3 year range. Jet Captain is at 3.5-4 years now.

 

[jea]

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