Originally Posted by
UCLAbruins
I think that's the way to go, fair for everybody... if someone puts in a couple of years in the Saab, he/she should be rewarded with the Q....
New hires should not go to the Q, I don't think that would be fair..
yea, what plastic said. Q is actually the junior equipment for FOs right now by far, not the other way around. It is out of choice, not because the senior FOs were gipped out of it. (Q=crap base and more militant operations for exact same pay.) Plus if you transition there is a 1-yr seatlock, so if you were senior enough to upgrade when that opens up, you'd still be stuck as an FO in the seatlock. Hence the lack of transitions for the senior FOs.
but yeah it is kind of funny that people assume you "move up to the Q"... when I jumpseat I sometimes get asked when I'll be senior enough for the Q.