DEC guys seem to be taking a frontline due to ongoing expansion and the internal command failure rate.
[QUOTE]I was recently informed (not gospal) that the upgrade success rate lies around the 50% mark [QUOTE]
Does this tell us something about the quality of FO's who bought their RHS job?
If it is now true the crews per plane are closer to 5, it indicates a move away from making our pilots more productive, which means longer time to command, less annual pay and longer to build those hours to get that gold-plated legacy carrier career.
I don't think many euro-carriers would touch an ex FR guy. I know a lot of pilots who hate FR pilots for what they have done to this industry.
I hear RYR are due for 54 a/c this year @ 5 crews per a/c = 270pilots
54 aircraft will not be added to the total fleet number, the fleet number stays relatively constant, the new airframes replace "ageing" ones which used to be sold on to South American airlines as they approached their C checks, however that market seems to have dried up too.