Originally Posted by
JayCypher
Sadly I am good freinds with several CA/FO/CA/FO guys. I know of one Captain was signed off Captains IOE only to be put back to FO the VERY NEXT DAY. Now through the union contract he was able to be paid as a Captain for the rest of the month, but was eventually put back to FO. I am guessing that the 4 other airilnes you have been at did not have the unique circumstances that Silver has with low time pilots.
I have played the upgrade/downgrade game also. It was due to furloughs/reduction in flying. I upgraded twice and downgraded twice at the same regional. High time/low time argument doesn't really matter. I always took first available upgrade and flew with FOs who were senior to me but were waiting to hold a certain base/not be on reserve/whatever. My company didn't have anymore upgrades for a while and these guys were mad I was junior to them and they couldn't upgrade.
Did someone junior to your friend upgrade in his place, or was it just a downgrade.