Meh, I'd actually appreciate if that were true, but that rings as just lost decade lore anymore.

These days the blue falcons seem to encounter little effect. I know a just recently turned CA, back as a newhire dropped AGR orders right on IOE. I know two more: one who went through the whole thing while in AGR status, never curtailed the tour (which is important as everybody is trying to move in on each other's AGR jobs for retirement purposes, back at the squadrons). Still bounced on the airline after completing training. Airline didn't say boo.

The other one bounced on day one of indoc just to start that airline clock. Interviewed with the airline as an AGR mind you. The airline clearly had no problem not pressing him for a separation date when they offered him the CJO. How is any of that even legal? I dunno, but just like asking for the end of apartheid in palestine gets me smeared "anti-semite!", asking the former question labels me a playa hata, so I'll digress.

Just throwing in post pandemic data points to refute the "target on your back thing", which seems dated. Ditto for calling out sick or using commuting clauses as a probie. Everybody heard from a guy, but nobody actually 1st hand knows anyone terminated. Everybody seems to be pretty emboldened with a "forgiveness over permission" approach these days, and it's largely working for them. Don't shoot the stenographer.