Edit for correction:

They do work with you in situations like that.

You don't call in sick for a funeral. You call the CPO and request the time off there. If it starts to go south over the phone simply say I'm not going to be there on these days you can code it how you like.

Confused about the DEC hour requirement. If a guy has say 4,000 Jet PIC 135 does that count or does the time have to be 121?

Asking for a friend hahah

They counted my several thousand hours jet PIC for displacement purposes.

Sorry.....Im a corporate guy. What does 'Displacement Purposes' mean. Im trying to learn the lingo.

Thanks in advance.

No worries. The airline began to involuntarily upgrade F/Os ("displaced") when captain staffing levels became critical some time ago. This coincides with the moment they started allowing the hiring of DECs.

When it looked like I could hold my preferred base as captain (plus it was time to start making cash), I "proffered to displace" to captain, which is a formal request that my seniority allow me to be displaced to captain before those junior to me, since these displacements occur starting from the bottom of the seniority list and work their way up.

I did this, rather than voluntarily bidding for captain, because I could take advantage of the benefits that come with displacement (i.e. no 24-month "training freeze" commitment to the equipment I was displaced into).

I had a fifteen years of 135/91 corporate in my former life.

Wondering if anyone can shed some light on this:

There's a section on their DEC recruitment page that says you can be eligible for "up to" $45k bonus with 500 PIC 135 time or 500 121. I am considering pursuing a start in 121, and while I've got <1000 135 time, I do have >500 135 PIC time. It sounds like I would of course go in as an FO and upgrade when I got the rest of the time to make up 1000 hours, correct? Yet take the $45k DEC bonus. Any other catches to be aware of here? (Aside from all the commuting and LGA CA displacement. I understand that.)

Yes 135 PIC time counts. PIC only though not SIC

2 year commitment pro rated, not sure how to get up to $45k but I was offered $37k

Cool thank you. Do they offer this or you have to bring it up? I assume I would apply via airlineapps and not their DEC portal, yes?