Originally Posted by
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No, on their fly months they bid as a captain at their current seniority. The one I have met who does it is about 10 from the bottom of ATL 320A. It was perplexing to me, that they would want to do that for the same pay and worse seniority, but I think a big part of it is that they get to fly with their favorite captain on every trip. Also, they are accruing block hours as a captain which could translate into a different job in the training department.
I don't really see a problem with it. It is a very small minority.
The problem is having Captains fly at FO pay. That's rediculous and we shouldn't allow it. It might be acceptable if another CA was bought off and then the FO pay Captain was over and above that (I'm still not crazy about it though) but no one should be able to take a month's worth of CA time at FO pay.