Originally Posted by
IonizedWater
Six years? WTF?? HR told me 1.5 years on average. She said situation changed. She said company don't allow SO to remain SO for more than 2 years now. Did she lie? Anyone knows?
I don't work for this outfit anymore, but I remember clearly the day of my interview years ago when HR told me an average of 2 years, and it ended up being 6-7 in reality. Be very skeptical unless you can see such assurances in writing. Also, I don't see how she can get an accurate average when they only just started upgrading people last year with a significant training bottleneck.
This said, they are desperate these days, and even their requirements for DEFOs have dropped significantly. The time to upgrade will
probably drop, but that's all affected by how many people are in front of you to upgrade, and how many DEFOs they take in. You also need to hope single pilot in the cruise doesn't start becoming a thing in the next half-decade or so.