Originally Posted by
GCEX
My bet is forced upgrade in the new TA. The company will tell you that they don’t hire FOs…they hire “captains in training.” They don’t want senior FOs. They want people to upgrade. In a forced upgrade situation, the senior FOs will either upgrade or quit. Obviously, the company would prefer the upgrade option, but having them quit would shift the FO flying more junior. I don’t know…just a thought.
Junior Manning upgrade is already an option per PPM. Everyone knows that it isn’t popular and there could be some serious safety questions being raised.
The entire point of the TA is to probably solve for that.