I've got a story for you guys about the AA up or out policy. An fo I flew with at skyway got hired on at AA around 98 or 99. She was a side seater on the 727, 9/11 came and she was gone. When she was called back she spent 6 months sitting sideways on the 72 and was forced to upgrade to FO on the fokker 100. American allows you 6 months in your seat once someone junior to you upgrades then you have to. She went to class and made it all the way through to OE and got cut there. Now she was once a captain at Comair back in the day and flew single pilot night cargo before that. To make a long story short I don't really think it was fair to make her upgrade after not being at the controls for a few years. On top of that I'm sure alot of people on here making some of these comments are younger. Well in 20 years when you decide to switch aircraft and go back to class, I'd bet you'll have a harder time. Why do you think the older guys don't switch? Ya maybe schedules but no one ever wants to go back to class. Age does catch up with you and thats what happened to this fo. Never once was I worried about her in the right seat and she understood that she might not have the capability to sit in the left seat anymore.....she passed up captain upgrade on more than one occasion at skyway. Just my thoughts, not trying to prove someone wrong.