Originally Posted by
PilotFrog
Since it is a new category, I don't think you add the two freezes. I think that is only if you are in a freeze and get a Captain bid. It is on page 2-5 of the PWA.
c. during which the pilot will (unless declared eligible by the Company) be ineligible to be awarded another AE with an earliest conversion date falling within the freeze period (other than to a new or reestablished category) for which qualification training is required.
Nothing about incurring more freeze.
Unfortunately, you do. You will go to qualification training for the new category and 23.G.1 states that "[a] pilot who is awarded an AE or VD for which qualification training is required will incur a 24-month category freeze." The presence of the new category (i.e., A350) allows you to be eligible to bid for that new category (despite being under a freeze) but it does not erase a current freeze/committment.
I seem to recall a pilot who bid NYC B717 Captain and then, on the next AE, hopped over to NYC A330 F/O. That is probably 40-45 months of category freeze right there. On the bright side, he/she won't have to worry about filling out AE preferences for a while...until the A350 or CSeries comes along (or that long-rumored MSP 73N category opens). 😊