Originally Posted by
Gooch
You get hired as a FO then displaced to captain since the DEC program is a contract violation that our union won’t fight. You’ll be on reserve for a few years, Regardless of where you get based. So you won’t build much time over the 3 yrs you could’ve been making more money and getting close to be being a bus captain at a ULCC. Stay there, don’t take 2 steps back.
There is no DEC program at the moment.
No standing vacancy = no DECs. After the latest bid, there are a few "DEC" guys who got paid the big bucks but can't hold CA because they were too junior.