Originally Posted by
belliott
I personally think that an "up or out" policy is horse manure. If a person chooses to remain an FO for personal reasons I think that is perfectly acceptable.
There is no requirement that you must upgrade at SKW. If you wish to, you could fly for 20 years in the right seat. The requirement is that once you have bid for, been awarded, and started upgrade class, you must successfully complete the course or you are fired.
I think the policy should be abolished, but we all (or at least those that did our homework) accepted the job at SKW knowing that "up-or-out" was in place.