Originally Posted by
jrmyl
You can expect to start the upgrade process around the 4 year mark regardless of what experience you bring to the company. Once you upgrade you will sign a new contract as a captain. It starts at year 1.
So if I understand correctly, a 4 years FO (grossing ~$13k/month) takes a pay cut while in upgrade training (~$10k/month), to end up as a year 1 CA at ~$14.7k/month.
Sounds very lame. What's the point of going through the trouble and responsibilities of an upgrade to make marginally more than a FO?