Originally Posted by
Busboy
I would expect someone to go to bat for me, on that one.
And that's half of the problem.
Another 727 SO bids everything at 100% hoping to move up as fast as possible. On the first bid, he's awarded 727 FO, and he has a training date in 3 months. A month before he starts training, he's awarded MD-11 FO with a training date of 18 months from now. If he goes to 727 FO school, he can earn narrow-body FO pay for 15 months. If he doesn't, he'll be stuck earning narrow-body SO pay for the entire time. He wants to keep his training date. You want to drop yours.
Which is right?
Again, the Contract was written to support the needs of the Company. If they need him as an SO more than as an FO, he'll lose the training date. If they need him in the 727 right seat, he'll train. If they need your pilot in ANC as an MD-11 FO until his 727 Captain training rolls around, he'll train. If they don't, he won't.
Depending on the situation, there are benefits to both ways -- for the Company, and for us. The trouble is, THEY get to decide. Guess who always wins.
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