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Old 08-20-2019, 07:53 AM
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I seem to remember that WN required a pilot to upgrade to Capt when at a certain seniority percentage as a FO. Someone told me that there were multiple capts that downgraded recently for Qol. Would this be accurate?
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I seem to remember that WN required a pilot to upgrade to Capt when at a certain seniority percentage as a FO. Someone told me that there were multiple capts that downgraded recently for Qol. Would this be accurate?
Nope. Not true at all.
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Nope. Not true at all.
Which part? Mandatory upgrade or the downgrades?
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Old 08-20-2019, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by worstpilotever View Post
Which part? Mandatory upgrade or the downgrades?
There is no mandatory upgrade. CA’s can and sometimes do downgrade
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At one time WN required FOs to at least upgrade to Lance Captain but that requirement ended 2 Contracts ago. Now a Pilot can stay an FO his entire SWA career and I know one who did.
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One can bypass Lance upgrade. Have to put in one’s preferences.
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Originally Posted by worstpilotever View Post
Which part? Mandatory upgrade or the downgrades?
Oops. Sorry. No mandatory upgrades. At times captns do downgrade.
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The Lance program is limited to 1 year if I remember correctly.
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The Lance program is limited to 1 year if I remember correctly.
Example of a few complainers ruining it for everyone else. Limitations have to be well thought out before WE ask for them.
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The Lance program is limited to 1 year if I remember correctly.
It is now but in the past you could have stayed a Lance forever,
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