Originally Posted by
Harpyr
I asked this in the PSA thread, but it applies at Mesa as well.
If an FO upgrades out of seniority order, what events can push him/her back to FO? Obviously, your standard displacement bid can do that. But, as more senior FO's log their 1,000th hour as SIC, can they immediately upgrade and displace the CA's junior to them?
Additionally, as more CA's are needed in future upgrade bids, can those FO's with their 1,000th hour logged upgrade and displace those below them?
I'm envisioning a scenario in which the company stops needing CA's, leaving CA's who are junior to FO's in place for years.
Ways you can be downgraded:
-bending metal or screwing up in some other way
-voluntarily if there's a bump and flush due to base reduction/closure
-to avoid furlough if there are furloughs
Standing bid positions are offered in either seat based on availability. If here are 10 slots available in a base I want to switch to, I can't go there if they're filled (even if I'm senior to everyone there) until either someone leaves, or if they make an 11th slot. You can't be pushed out of a base unless that base or another base is being reduced.