Doesn’t surprise me. ENY is penny wise and pound foolish. And of course they will always take the option that scr*ws the employees, even if it isn’t quite “cost neutral”.

They have been playing this game of multiple back and forth training cycles that take productive pilots off the line since the forced upgrades began. I know of at least one pilot who started in the 175 with a bit of prior 121 time in his distant past. He was promptly forced to upgrade on the CRJ, and then over to the 145 before he was finally able to bid back to the 175. Four long term events in about 16 months I believe it was.