Originally Posted by FL370esq

(1) SLIs are supposed to clear all of their AE preferences while working in the department. When they leave the department to permanently return to the line, they basically can got to any category they can hold which negates the need to bid for for an AE.

(2) An FO SLI who can hold Captain on the equipment he teaches on may be permitted by his Chief Training Captain to do the short upgrade (and subsequent OE/TOE) and then fly as a Captain on that equipment and get paid as a Captain during his fly month(s). OE is scheduled like any other pilot upgrading to Captain. As for pay, an FO SLI will still be paid FO pay at the highest FO rate he can hold (likely 765B/330B/350B based on new hires having been awarded those categories in the past year or so) during his months in the training department and, as referenced above, he would be paid Captain pay while flying the line as a Captain.
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