Originally Posted by
captain152
So ... what you're saying is ... no street captains???? LOL, how exactly do you know what times our FOs have???? I know we have a LOT of guys with the time requirement for the Saab. But the guys on the Q might be a different story unless they transition-upgrade to the Saab. The time requirement is almost 1000hrs more on the Q for upgrade (yes, it can be adjusted I know). That being said ... some of the guys that have the time for the Saab aren't ready either. Just because someone has the time doesn't mean they should automatically get to upgrade. We have some damn good FOs that are ready to go, but some of them might need some more time/experience. NOT degrading anyone specifically, but just saying.
That is EXACTLY what it means. If you meet the minimums you should be allowed to go to upgrade, if you bust out you will be sent back to the right seat or let go. You sound like management when you set up all these little hoops to jump through to go to upgrade (upgrade interview, attendance record, maturity.)
A company should cultivate and groom their FO's while they are FO's and correct issues while they are FO's, not let them fly under the radar and then put up BS things like upgrade interviews before they can upgrade.
Also, no offense man but I do not think you are in a position to say that "some FO's just are not ready." You upgraded out of seniority after what 1.5 years in the right seat, you should have been in the last upgrade class based on seniority? The FO's now going to upgrade have twice the time you did in the right seat and are ready to go. Im sorry man but I can not stand Captains who upgrade quicklly and then say that FO's who have more experience than they did in the right seat, (double the experience) may not be ready.
This is like when Chris Wiken gave his Frontline interview and said how horrible it was he upgraded in the 1900 with only 400 hours in type, but he still took the upgrade. Such a hypocrite to say that. It is one thing to decline the upgrade because you do not feel ready, dont take it and then say how inexperienced you were.