The Latest bid award effective Jan 2019. Sorry, wasn’t clear.

My personal opinion. You should have to upgrade in order to flow. Hold left seat for a specified amount of time and then be on your way. AA needs experienced pilots that can and have handled the responsibility of the left seat. Need to weed out the weak somehow.

I agree. I think it should be a requirement. I dunno about 2 years but at least a year I’d say is good. Just wanted to give the FOs a heads up that want to flow.

Agreed......

This isn’t the first time hearing this. At least one PDT union volunteer cited this “future policy” as their motivation for upgrading. Wouldn’t be surprised if this was implemented sooner rather than later.

Ill take bait... is the job of FO on a regional crj, 145, 175 any different than the job right seat on the 73, 190, bus... I'll argue we are all ATPs. Upgrading didn't mean im strong.. i was willing to take extra responsibility in trade for being on the bottom of the list for a small pay increase. Ive worked with many of our career fos.. many of them are doing great at mainline now... many of our career fos are excellent aviators and have valid reasons for not upgrading.

Now if the WOs paid us properly for left seat work than that is another story..

Is there ANY good news coming down the pike for piedmont? Anything at all? Scheduling improvements, better pay, better QOL, more Piedmont underwear, ANYTHING??

Won’t argue against, but signs point to a costs savings side of the policy the company won’t likely ignore much longer now that AAG is encouring cost cutting measures across the board.

12 FO lifers at the top seniority list are costing the company upwards of $4mil/ year as they have to pay their salary as well as Salary and triple premium pay for 12 Captains to cover the flying they would have been doing. Forcing 12 FO lifers to upgrade if they want to flow saves the company $6mil over two years if they enforce a two year flow lock.

It’s in the Union’s financial interest to keep the status quo as they get more dues $ from a smaller pool of captains covering flying at triple premium rates, but the MEC chairman has previously expressed an unwillingness to expend negotiating capital for the benefit of First Officers and a willingness to work with the company to eliminate triple premium pay opportunities...

Contract negotiations begin 2023ish. No changes have been officially announced for the near term.

DCA flying with a possible crew base which also would likely mean a handful more planes as well.