For those interested, 16 DEC's were hired this calendar year so far. This is out of a total recruitment of just over 300. So about 5% joining are DEC's.
Accelerated program is well and truly alive. Fortunately (or unfortunately depending how you look at it), as someone mentioned, there are tons of guys above the 3 year mark or coming up to it over the coming months so strict seniority should prevail on the respective fleets. The 777 guys are now planned to start their upgrade at around 3 years 2 months.This time frame will increase I'm sure in the coming months/year. The Bus guys are still significantly behind in the 'time to upgrade' department with guys currently upgrading around the 4 year 3 month mark.This should improve in the coming year though.
I have to agree though however that a new joiner today will be looking at over 4 years to command. Still good i would say in the grand scheme of things.
Green..out
