Originally Posted by TOGALOCK

No. This is different. Someone may be “forced” because they’re bottom b***ch in newhire class. Exactly the same as some of the more junior new hires have been forced to the right seats of the 777 and 787 right away. See my response below to another poster:



In addition, to the above the new hire in the left seat will still need to fly as an FO for 350 hours in the type of aircraft they will be a captain on. They will also need a mandatory 100 hours of IOE.

Also, their captain spot isn’t guaranteed until they start training. That captain position will still be available to more senior pilots up until the point that new hire starts upgrade training. So, just simply getting (or being forced) the award in indoc doesn’t mean that it can’t be pulled out from under you leading up to your upgrade training.

In the end I think we’re going to see very few people ultimately being forced into upgrade training.