Originally Posted by
evh347
Also, I don't follow that philosophy that the low-time FOs were being awarded the jet. That may have been the case, but there were 300+ time FOs in our Gen. Subjects class in October that were awarded the Saab. So, I'm not sure what criteria they use to assign people. I know that I specified my interest in MSP at the time I input my resume.
The philosophy is a low-time FO in the jet would not be elligible for the upgrade anytime soon, so therefore would not get bypass captain pay. Don't think for a second that they would place people in one plane over the other for anything other than MONEY reasons.