Originally Posted by
howardhughes8
That is not a legal requirement. I know for a fact American and UPS, who fly international, can absolutely let their First class lapse for FO’s. So FO’s over 40 flying international (Caribbean, South America, Bermuda, etc) non augmented flights can absolutely lapse.
FWIW JB had the same requirment of always having a first class medical. Changed sometime in 2011-12 told it had to do with some of the Caribbean cities they flew to.