Originally Posted by
FlyingNasaForm
During the upgrade process you can fail your first checkride. Then you retrain (usually the next day) and take another checkride. If you fail that, you are sent back to the line as an F/O for 6 months. You can then bid on any captain vacancies after 6 months. If you fail your next two checkrides you are done.
This happened to my sim partner in upgrade. He opted to go back to the line on his first attempt, after not getting recommended for the checkride. On the second time though (with me) he pinked twice.
Thanks for clearing that up for us Nasa. Apparently the guy who has worked here less than a year doesn't know as much as he thinks he does. Maybe FO's in training status should focus on FO training?