Originally Posted by
chihuahua
Thanks for posting this. Maybe, this is going too far down the rabbit hole, but with those bidding to be an FO, are they training and qualifying them as a CA so that the company can switch them over into the left seat on demand basically? I was still under the impression that everyone with the 950hr+ was going straight to the CA seniority list at this point with no option to be an FO. Sounds like all the CAs and FOs are getting DFW either way, did they give any indication whether if you manage to stay on the FO side, you'd still be able to bid to another base in not too long of a time?
All CA eligible new hires will complete training as a CA (ie. sim training will be mostly left seat and IOE will be 50 hrs with a fed ride at the end) regardless of what they bid and are awarded. That said, CA eligible new hires can still bid and be awarded FO if available and still get paid as a CA with longevity match. We were told in orientation that the max we would be allowed to stay in the right seat before being forced over to CA would be about 6 months. Hope that helps.
One question I have for anyone in the know is, since we will all be trained as CA's, can we pick up trips in open time from either seat?
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