All S/O’s will be “Grade B” and only Grade A is eligible for upgrade. All S/O will not be suitable for promotion. This will invoke clause 6.2 of the COS. As per the COS, by pass will be paid to all S/O as per clause 10.5.
10.5 In any case of recruitment of First Officers by Direct Entry, other than in accordance with 6.2, the next most senior Second Officer suitable for promotion will receive First Officer Bypass Pay in the form of Junior First Officer’s Salary on a one for one basis commencing three (3) months after the date of joining of the First Officer recruited by Direct Entry. The payment of First Officer Bypass Pay will cease when the Second Officer receiving bypass pay commences Junior First Officer training.
6.2 Recruitment of First Officers by Direct Entry will normally only take place when there are no Second Officers suitable for promotion.
This will eliminate the bypass pay for Second Officers. We have been doing this for years with the First Officers and it has saved Us a large amount of By Pass pay.
Only We and the candidate appreciates who is in each Category. This way we keep the pilot group in the dark on suitability and the reasons for unsuitability. We don’t give any group the numbers for by pass pay which gives us deniability.
We don’t hear of too many pilots boasting about their by-pass pay because their are not many. We make sure of it.
We do enjoy our work particularly when we can take advantage of the pilot group, it only demoralizes them more.
The more the Review Board saves, the more our bonuses and less to the employees particularly the pilots.
The Management