If You say you have the qualifications on the staffing bid, but CrewTrac shows you don't, they will make you prove your time. If you're 10-20 hrs short, you can argue that CrewTrac messes with single engine turns, pushback, deice, etc. Anything more is sketchy. I've been on property for 2 years and don't get to bid CA because I'm 100 hrs short even though I'd meet the requirements by Jan. If they wanted to keep FOs, they should just let them bid and just bypass them at the time of upgrade if theyre still short. I imagine anyone hired before July 2012 must be close, and wouldn't upgrade for months anyways, giving them plenty of time to get their 1000. Especially considering there are Captains that got hired into the left seat with no prior 121 time, granted the regs were different then.