Originally Posted by
chihuahua
Ok fair point. Completely forgot about the fact that the forced upgrades would start from the bottom and go up if they did happen. And I imagine that forced upgrades could be forced onto the 145 as well, even if you get the 175 in initial/new hire, since the senior 145 guys that have been locked into it and take an upgrade will probably want to go to the 175.
Your only hope at that point, especially since you want MIA, is that the 145s die quickly. While many (most?) would like that, there are only three 175s on order for later this year and no real source of 170s to replace them. That would lead to an even bigger and quicker shrinking of the ‘Voy.
Depending on how much time you have towards upgrade, you could try to sandbag on reserve and NOT fly, but with a staffing shortage you are still likely to accumulate more time than would work for avoiding the forced upgrade. And being on reserve when short staffed, even living in base, is a miserable existence.