Originally Posted by
JMO127
Or they didn't want to upgrade into the phenom from a larger cabin aircraft they're currently on. With the new incentives maybe they'll change their minds. Who knows. Being in the challenger, I wouldn't want to go down to the phenom either. I can see both sides. The word bypass is not the right word. 5 years or more of service will be upgraded seeing as they qualify as a captain. Not just given and handed out. They will have to and must qualify as a captain to be paid like one and on the Challenger pay scale at that even if they remain in the right seat or SIC duties.
OK, I won't call it bypass, but the pilots I referred to were never given the opportunity to upgrade. In, time, the transfer pilots will be given the chance to upgrade in the larger equipment as well. In all fairness, they were pay frozen at the pay they were making before they transferred, so some SICs were making Phenom PIC pay while in the right seat of the Challenger.