Originally Posted by
Hillbilly
Something is confusing me with this (not unusual). Just taking a quick glance at the award, the second 350 pilot who was not bypassed, but senior to a whole bunch who were bypassed, is within 5 years of retirement. Are you saying that he did not check the box for bypass and if he had he would have gotten it?
He was not alone. There were several that fall into that category. They all retire after the youngest pilot who did get a bypass though which makes sense per the PWA but not with this non-contractual company policy that is being referred to.
Apparently there is a pilot with almost 5 years left on one of the other AEs who DID get bypassed for this reason, but I haven't verified that myself.
And yes, he either would have gotten bypassed or the other guys who got it would not have by my understanding. In this case he probably would have gotten it. Since we can't see whether someone ASKED to get bypassed or not it's really hard to verify by the award though. With that amount of time left the chances of bypass drop considerably so I would expect most who have that amount left actually intend to fly the new equipment and don't automatically check the bypass box.