Originally Posted by
Pedro4President
So Joe is forced to upgrade on the CRJ. Before he finishes his Fed ride he can still bid back to FO. Well, Joe also has vacation. He puts his vacation on the 3rd or 4th week of the month after the bid comes out and in a time frame he may think training footprint will occur. This blocks the company from sending him to training. The first week of the month of his vacation he can rebid his vacation. While Joe is in training for CA he can PREFERENCE bid back to FO and get forced to UPGRADE again to a different equipment that he could hold. CAs in DFW and ORD that is not on a proffer to displace freeze could proffer to displace to a different jet. Pilots displaced to CAs on the CRJ/145 could bid the CRJ/145/175.
Ok, I got ya, makes complete sense and seems like a reasonable idea. Plus you could get a free type rating out of it. However, this seems like it would work for either commuters or guys that live in DFW/ORD. Tell me if I'm wrong but guys that live in LGA or MIA it sounds like would be at a disadvantage doing this in the event the company decides to cease the forced upgrades and in that chance they did could get stuck commuting for awhile.