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There used to be quite a few GIP on the seniority list that are FOs, and there are still a handful. Most of them were hired as full time instructors and many do not hold a medical, but they are pilots and are on the seniority list as FO's.
Take a look at the most recent seniority list on FLICA. I can count several still. They are still on there, but not as many as there used to be. Even as recent as a Feb 2016 hire.
You are correct. The Supervisor of Ground Training is a qualified Line FO. Last year when Training was slow, a few that were hired as GTI's went to the Sim and got themselves fully qualified. A few of them stayed on the Line as FOs.
What I am talking about, and what I felt Dubz was talking about was the program where new hire FO's would go to the line, get consolidated and then return to the Training Department as IPT Instructors. As I said that ended last Spring.