Originally Posted by Freight Dog
Picking up with the last post:
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TP
How do you feel about me and many others getting shafted by HR regarding upgrade?!! BS does go on here in EK and I don't consider myself as a whiner.
What EK have done to me and others are completely unacceptable.
The issue that is being referenced here by my classmate is one that is a negative at EK. HR and the Psych department have a little bit too much say in the upgrade process. They have delayed or stopped upgrades. It happens to a certain percentage of pilots, although I couldn't even guess how many, I know three personally. Two have gone through extra psych counseling and/or sim evaluations and are now in the upgrade course.
Upgrades at EK are not a sure thing. About 10% of pilots who join as F.O.s don't make it through the process. They are either stopped prior to doing a course or they fail the course and go back to the right seat.
TP