I think it's in the addendum. Regardless, it's what I was told when I was offered a CJO in 2010 but training stopped before about 10 of us got out of the pool.

Over the next 3 years, I was reminded to keep 100hrs in my 12-mo lookback to stay eligible. I was up front and told AK the only way I'd be able to do that was SEL, and he was up front in telling me that was OK in my case. Still cost me a pretty penny - or lots of them - but it was worth it.

BTW, "up front" was the name of the game the entire time. I was impressed by the frequent and transparent updates about the expected hiring picture, as well as answers to questions I had as I made assignment, retirement, and other career decisions, even when the news wasn't particularly good. Hopefully they were impressed by me staying honest with them as well, including when I told them I couldn't hang on any longer and was taking a job with B6... and of course, a couple months after that I got an invite back.