Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
IMO, you should always be allowed to return to your previous seat and position if you fail your first attempt at upgrade...especially from a Jet FO to Prop CA position.
I also don't believe a single training failure should EVER cost you your job, from #1 to a probie doing his/her initial check.
I agree that you should get 2 chances at upgrading but I am of the belief that if you can't hack being a captain, you shouldn't be doing this job.
In regards to the Pinnacle guys: If they've been there 15 years, wouldn't they hold a line that had the weekends off as well. 15 years at Mesa gets you that, even in PHX.
Anyone who says they haven't upgraded at 15 years is hiding behind the QOL excuse.