"I know we have a lot of lifer F/O's here at Mesa, one of them seniority number 20. It is rumored that he successfully upgraded once, got into trouble, and was sent back to the right seat permanently. He still wears 4 stripes."
If your talking about the PHX Captain who is now the #1 FO in PHX he is not permanantly downgrounded I think they put him the right seat for either 6 months or a year, amd he is not wearing 4 stripes anymore.