Short version.... it doesn't matter. It won't be the same when you get there.
Long version. It varies from carrier to carrier. Some of the small turboprop only regionals (Colgan, Great Lakes) are right around 1 year. ExpressJet currently sits at 2 years, but that time is going to start going up. CHQ/Rebuplic are around 2 years as is some parts of Mesa, while ASA, PSA, TSA (see a trend here) are anywhere from 3 to 5 years. And then there is Eagle who last I heard was at 8 years and coming down slowly. And keep in mind, even if you got on with any one of these regionals today, your upgrade time would have nothing to do with these numbers. It chages week to week. The only person an upgrade time is accurate for is the one about to go into upgrade training. Doesn't the short version sound better? |