Most junior NYC MD88 captain...

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was awarded to a February 2014 hire at SouthernJets.

 

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Delta, lower upgrade time than ExpressJet

 

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Delta, lower upgrade time than ASA.

 

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Delta, lower upgrade time than Envoy

 

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Delta, lower upgrade time than Endeavor.

 

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Goes to show that the senior folks at regionals who keep telling themselves that with their line bidding, vacation touching a trip, DC of 2%, weekends off, summer vacation weeks, really wasn't the right choice.

 

[Cessnaflyer]

Nice to hear. Hope you guys get to move up quickly!

 

[JustinS]

Wow. That's incredible. Is that upgrade time artificially low because many FOs chose to bypass upgrade, or are they running thin on captains and hitting bottom of the barrels on their seniority list of pilots? If it's the latter I would be hard pressed to say that the majors won't be hiring like crazy over the next 5-10 years in the current environment.

 

[j4seymor]

And here I am sitting in upgrade class with guys who have waited 11 years in the right seat to hold a decent schedule at a regional in SLC....

 

[BobDDuck]

Upgrade at American is considerably less than that.

Granted, it's for the 190.

 

[pete2800]

Goes to show that the senior folks at regionals who keep telling themselves that with their line bidding, vacation touching a trip, DC of 2%, weekends off, summer vacation weeks, really wasn't the right choice.

Nailed it.

"But I can't afford the pay cut..."

No, you can't afford to not take the first year pay cut.

 

[RRPower]

Southerjets has lower upgrade times than Air Willy...

 

[ASpilot2be]

Delta, lower upgrade time than ExpressJet

Not as fast as Penair though

 

[Kingairer]

Upgrade at American is considerably less than that.

Granted, it's for the 190.

Barely counts

 

[Blackhawk]

Wow.

 

[Kingairer]

Goes to show that the senior folks at regionals who keep telling themselves that with their line bidding, vacation touching a trip, DC of 2%, weekends off, summer vacation weeks, really wasn't the right choice.

"I can't afford the pay cut!"

 

[Kingairer]

was awarded to a February 2014 hire at SouthernJets.

What's the most junior in a non LGA base?

 

[ctab5060X]

Upgrade at American is considerably less than that
Granted, it's for the 190.

I know everybody likes to look down on the 190, but we all need to be thankful that American (and soon Delta) operate them with mainline pilots rather than continued outsourcing to the regionals.

Barely counts

If Delta keeps the separate payscale that is lower than the 717 for their 190s, and if their upgrades go as junior as LUS, are they going to "barely count" as well, or will everyone be salivating because Delta??

 

[Kingairer]

I know everybody likes to look down on the 190, but we all need to be thankful that American (and soon Delta) operate them with mainline pilots rather than continued outsourcing to the regionals.



If Delta keeps the separate payscale that is lower than the 717 for their 190s, and if their upgrades go as junior as LUS, are they going to "barely count" as well, or will everyone be salivating because Delta??

Barely counts because the pay not the size of the airplane. Barely counts because we are comparing a 190 captain making $140/HR vs a md88 captain making $190.

 

[milleR]

Barely counts because the pay not the size of the airplane. Barely counts because we are comparing a 190 captain making $140/HR vs a md88 captain making $190.

36% more pay to fly 10% more passengers? Sounds like a good deal to me.