Originally Posted by
subicpilot
The following is the first paragraph under Training, Flex Instructors/PCA's in the CBA.
"A flex instructor/PCA who checks and instructs Captains and/or First Officers shall be currently qualified as a Captain in the aircraft on which he checks and instructs.
A flex instructor/PCA shall have a minimum of 300 hours in the aircraft in which he performs his flex/PCA duties."
All the F/O flexes are checked out as Captains as part of their PCA checkout. This satisfies the contract language. The CBA doesn't say anything about needing to already be a Captain in order to be a PCA. There have been F/O flexes on the property for as long as I can remember.
Just another case of the union turning away and letting the company intrepret the contract any way they want. Is checked out as a capt the same as holding capt and bidding a capt line? Fo's as flexes has come and gone as the company see's fit.