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05-09-2021, 12:31 PM
#1831
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Joined APC: Jul 2014
Position: B747 FO
Posts: 617
Let me add a little what is said above...
I recommend you to pick the airplane and domicile you can have a good life in.
There will be NO quick upgrades, this happened last time around too, i would not be surprised to see 5+ years to upgrade.
Most of the FO's at the company today will always be senior to you and they have been held back on upgrade and all that needs to catch up before any new upgrades come in.
I recommend you to pick the airplane and domicile you can have a good life in.
There will be NO quick upgrades, this happened last time around too, i would not be surprised to see 5+ years to upgrade.
Most of the FO's at the company today will always be senior to you and they have been held back on upgrade and all that needs to catch up before any new upgrades come in.
05-09-2021, 12:39 PM
#1832
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Joined APC: Nov 2017
Posts: 681
How do upgrades work?
Say I'm a CRJ FO at LAX, will the company announce need for ERJ Captain at ORD and you bid for it and hold it if you're senior enough? Or is upgrade only available to me when the need is for a CRJ LAX captain? And is it all purely seniority driven?
Say I'm a CRJ FO at LAX, will the company announce need for ERJ Captain at ORD and you bid for it and hold it if you're senior enough? Or is upgrade only available to me when the need is for a CRJ LAX captain? And is it all purely seniority driven?
05-09-2021, 06:19 PM
#1833
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Joined APC: Aug 2009
Posts: 511
05-09-2021, 06:54 PM
#1834
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Joined APC: Oct 2015
Position: Airplane CA
Posts: 19
The way I understand it, if you have a standing bid in for ORD CA in the ERJ it will be awarded to you if you are high enough on the seniority list for the number of ERJ CA’s needed that month. They don’t have to post vacancies in order for you to get it, because CA’s may bid out of ORD that same month and those vacancies have to be filled. I have heard they sometimes award out of seniority if you are transitioning at the same time you upgrade, because it takes longer to upgrade a CRJ FO to ERJ captain than an ERJ FO.
05-10-2021, 04:51 AM
#1835
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Joined APC: Mar 2017
Position: Student of the game
Posts: 1,018
Virginia explained a few years ago that CA vacancies will always be filled by awarding all CA transitions into said vacancy, then any remaining slots will go to upgrades / upgrade transitions. So it is very possible someone who is junior to you who is already a CA, will be awarded the CA vacancy slot before they upgrade you into it. Hence why when vacancy is slim, so many FOs upgrade into junior bases with a lot of vacancy, immediately put in your transfer to the base you want and wait for it to be awarded. Hopefully soon.
05-10-2021, 09:07 AM
#1836
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Joined APC: Dec 2018
Posts: 1,078
05-11-2021, 07:34 PM
#1838
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Joined APC: Jan 2021
Posts: 1,143
I have to ask, what’s the deal with ERJ MSP? Through a group text I was informed the flying has been declining recently? Some head scratching going on.
Edit: The 900’s are replacing the flying, interesting.
Edit: The 900’s are replacing the flying, interesting.
Last edited by LAXtoDEN; 05-11-2021 at 07:53 PM.
05-11-2021, 08:06 PM
#1839
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Joined APC: Jul 2008
Posts: 4,226
looks like the SLC 900’s are heading east.. only 700’s in SLC for June..
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