Originally Posted by
chihuahua
With CA pay starting at 750 hours, does this mean that they're about to start going hard on the forced upgrades as well?
I don’t think the forced upgrades was what this is about. This is was just a temporary fix to increase FO pay to encourage them to stay a little longer and not jump to a LCC/ULLC. Obviously not going to do anything if Delta or United calls.
That being said, yes, Forced upgrades are coming. I think the only reason the company chose NOT to do it on the last bid is they got nearly as many as they wanted AND leaving a few vacancies meant they could offer the standing vacancy, which is basically what gives the ability to offer direct entry Captain positions.
Whether there will be any 145 captain vacancies either published or back filled on the next bid is the big question.