Originally Posted by
highfarfast
It doesn't matter the method of getting your captain status. Once awarded, you get captain pay while you're a senior FO waiting on training. I prefer the option of being displaced and going into training in reverse seniority order after all vacacnies such that I spend the longest amount of time possible as a senior FO on CA pay while also still receiving the FO retention bonus until fed ride.
From the mouth of the union.....the retention bonus stops as soon as CA pay is awarded.
(Edit) I thought this too. Even saw it in an email but was promptly shut down when I asked about it.