Originally Posted by
jabr800
I have a relative at Spirit that flies as Captain.
My guess is he will be lowered to F/O shortly, and then with whatever pay reductions, insurance reductions, 401k contribution reductions or stoppages, etc. he will be reciving less than 1/2 of what he was receiving just a few weeks ago!
Something about this, the word choice...sounds like my non-pilot father talking to a non-pilot friend.
Never heard the phrase "lowered to FO"...would say "downgraded to FO or disaplced to FO"
Never heard someone say "flies as Captain"...would say "is a Captain"
Just interesting to me...thats all