Originally Posted by
Da40Pilot
Yes you could, as long as someone senior to you grabbed the CA upgrade slot you held in the subsequent vacancy bids. So, like you said, if you happen to be one of those people who gets awarded a CA position, you'll have at least 7-8 months (Training + 350 hours logged) to get someone to bump you off. Not sure how things will look end of '24 but - lots of opportunities to stay an FO if you truly wanted it.
Well if someone were to bid the captain vacancy while you were waiting for that award to activate then you would no longer be in the position to hold that “award”. But even if nobody does…..couldn’t you bid on an FO vacancy and be awarded it regardless? I mean…I don’t like this language. But it seems like a far fetched scenario that someone could actually be forced to upgrade. Just my caveman interpretation of it at the moment. Since the person in question had not completed the QLOE for the upgrade….there would be no freeze and therefore free to bid the seat they want/can hold.