Originally Posted by DALMD88FO

Um, no. You will have to do that if you are getting out of a freeze for your first Captain seat:

4. A pilot who is under a category freeze and who has not previously completed training for
38 a mainline Captain position shall nevertheless be eligible to be awarded a Captain
39 position. In such event, the balance of such pilot’s existing category freeze shall be
40 added to the category freeze resulting from the Captain position award.

But You will have to show me where it states that for new or re-established categories.