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Actually they get paid captain pay while enjoying senior FO QOL. Not a bad deal and the contract allows it for a max of 6 months. So less time on captain reserve.
Absolutely incorrect. Although this is what the contract says, management will laugh at you as you file a grievance, go to arbitration and lose. It happened in 2013 to around 40 of us. The company argued they had to withhold do to circumstances beyond their control.