Burn;

I do know there are a few LCA's that do this already. I cannot imagine that with where the training requirements are going, that we would not see months and months of their schedules dropped, and or blanked out necessitating more Captains to fill the void. They are short on LCA's as is. Add hiring, and more movement, then working in the sim, something will give.

I used to work for a company that did it this way, and splitting the departments saved them money. The LCA's only got paid when they flew IOE not SOE. Prior to that they worked in the sim and had every third month on the line. I believe the intent is to get the instructors more in line with the way we do it on the line.

We can only work so much, so I see this is a net positive when it comes to A positions in the company. Yep, fo's got to be fo's, but some may upgrade. It will depend on how it is written and what the clauses are. I do not want to see more DGS than we have now. The rules do not need to change in regard to who can check, and who can be in the seat.

I would like to see the language for at least 10 days as the Policy Manual states for a comment period prior to the MEC voting on it, if or when it is LOAed.

On a side note, not sure how the LCA's from other bases are going to do sim work here in ATL and MSP when they are not based here. That will add a cost for hotels and travel as they are on company business.