Originally Posted by
Blackhawk
LASA side ran a few DECs in the EMB-120. They also had a number of FOs who met the upgrade minimums get “displaced” into the left seat right after IOE.
Ok. I was talking about LXJT.
The XJT Alpa contract states: "If no pilot bids on a vacancy, the Company will assign the most
junior pilot who is eligible to fill that position. Pilots are eligible if they meet
the FAR minimum requirements."
I'm pretty sure that anyone who finishes IOE here meets the FAR minimums. Thus, all FOs are eligible for upgrade and will be assigned the vacancy if no one else bids for it. Of course, this is untested at LXJT and it will be interesting to see what happens if we have a CA vacancy that has no bidders. I believe the line pilots here will expect the contract to be followed BUT who knows, we have an evolving pilot culture now since the ISL.
So, there may be some FOs upgraded right out of training but no DECs.