Cloudstreet7

I know everything is subject to change and things can become better or worse but what is the current projected upgrade time for someone who gets hired at Mesa today?

sevenforseven

Fair enough.

Bumbaclot

If they add more planes...1.4 Yrs. or less*
If they don't add anything...2.3 Yrs or greater*

Yes they are working on additional flying. Confirmed. FWIW
-rspct.

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*based off TI85 statistical crunch. Data subject to skew

deltajuliet

Barring a catastrophic event, I think 1.5 to 3 years isn't an unreasonable forecast. A friend hired April of last year just got an Ejet upgrade. He could've done it a month or two sooner had he stuck with the CRJ. Even if incoming airframes slow down, attrition will only pick up. I'm guessing 2.5 years for guys hired the second half of 2014, but it depends on fleet growth (always rumors, rarely information of substance) and hiring at the majors (one study predicted hiring ramping up significantly in 2017).

As for this Christmas debate, the guy asked a perfectly innocent question. You never know with these things. Maybe a later class date means barely missing an upgrade, then because of that barely missing out when United comes calling, but then 20 years down the line United goes bankrupt and everyone loses their retirement, meanwhile you got hired at Delta a year later and your retirement is safe and sound. You won't know if you made the right decisions until the day you retire. That said, conventional wisdom favors seniority, and flaps made some compelling points.

wt932051

When you get lucky is when. It's always been luck. There is no set time. Just like flaps said in his post about seniority and timing it could turn out to be 8 years.

Kprc1

Even the sun shines on a dogs ass sometimes.

121pilot

Lines are out but IAD FO chart is wrong in the Pilot Lounge. It is the CA's lines. Anybody know who to call to get it fixed.

Kprc1

I sent 2 emails with no response.

prior121

Call and ask for Jonathan

worksweekdays

Just log in to pbs and look at it that way, that's been open since yesterday.