OK, here's a little more.
Right now upgrade is taking less than a year. It is done in seniority order and everyone is very happy about that. (My background has been 14+ years in the orient on 747/747-400) But for me the choice has been worth it. Normal schedule gives you about 14-16 days off per month. Guarantee is 70 hours with all time above 70 hours at 150%. Good medical, dental and vision. Passes from day one, 8 "buddy" passes per year. More and more interline agreements, there seems to be quite a few for European carriers, BA, Virgin et. al. Only base currently is JFK, however, FLL, TPA and MCO are being looked at for a MX and crew base. No "minimum rest" layovers. Most are 15-18 hours. The company is currently in the process of upgrading hotels to "Embassy Suites". $1.90 per diem. 1st year F/0 is 43/hour Capt is 78. We use a pref bidding system with the schedule set at 81-91 hours but lots of open time to play with. Reserve is usually less than a month, although it depends on when you're done with IOE.
Plan on one more class in Feb, none in Mar, then one per month starting in April. Class size will range from 14-24 depending on aircraft delivery. 2 320s arriving in April and then one every 5 weeks. SEA, SAN, SYR will be the next cities announced with service planned for DEN, PDX, BOS, MSY, ORF, DCA.