Originally Posted by Ed Fitzgerald

I don't get the whole "forced upgrade" situation.

I can understand at a major, where you've got small kids and the schedule you want and need to keep it that way awhile. And are making $200k.

But the ticket to big money is upgrading at a regional....do people just think they're not ready, are they apprehensive about it, or are they acting like a major airline FO with a cushy schedule making "enough"?

I'm all for all of us getting paid what we're worth and making more, but if people won't upgrade and the company needs CAs, (and the pool for DECs has dried up, which it will) then forced upgrades are the only way.