no real chance of an upgrade in first contract (5 years??).
Is this still the case? Any chance at ALL??
Nobody can give you an accurate answer to that Talon, we simply don't know. Right now there are some guys that are going back to the US taking recalls and other guys are looking into opportunities closer to home (the International market is getting a lot better) we don't know what are ANA's plans for AJX or how will the introduction of LCC's into the Japanese market next year will affect us or even if they will take steps towards maintaining competitiveness on our T&C's, too many variables to be able to predict, come here expecting to complete your contract on the seat you were hired and if something else happens, then you just got lucky I guess
For years now I have been reading Internet experts predictions of six months left before our contracts are canceled so dust your resumes, That goes to show that in aviation the future is difficult to predict