Originally Posted by MD-11Loader

Manage your hours properly and you don’t have to upgrade, especially if you’re 145 ORD. Go back to reserve when you hit 850-900, never fly, and upgrade when you want to. There are ways to be smart about this. Don’t let the mentality of the upper management win. The more “high time” f/o’s who do this the better off we are. It will get more and more people close to 1,000 hours, but not crossing it. I’m not letting RW tell me that I have to upgrade. I’m upgrading when I want to upgrade.