Originally Posted by
sulkair
Correct me if I'm wrong prior121, but the way I read the CBA, there are only 3 ways to the 175s.
1. Selected as one of the thirty initial cadre check airman.
2. Upgrade into it from any FO spot.
3. New hire FO.
Thats it! Right? It is considered "equal" equipment @ 76 seat pay thereby creating a fence between crj and erj.
Of course they can waive any rule but management already went to the trouble to spell out in that first email that bidding rights would be governed by the CBA
I hope they let people move freely but I don't see it because training costs would rise.
Sulk, that's exactly how I also am reading it. But I'm hearing they are opening saying in PHX they'll let current F/O's bid it. I guess only time will tell.
Either way, whether you bid into it as an F/O to F/O or you are awarded it as CA, the amount of new hire pilots and amount of upgrades will stay the same.