The CoS are very specific on bypass pay. If you're cat "D" or decline a command course then you don't get it. If you're neither of the above then you do. Many people are now questioning whether the company are being honest with their payment of bypass pay and I suggest that everyone who's interested write to the AOA to ask them for clarification. ie. "I would like to know how many captains have been extended and how many F/O's are currently being paid bypass pay".
I've tried asking the question a couple of times but have been batted off the first time and ignored the second. The more people who ask then the harder it is to ignore. I think that they don't see the importance of it the same way that I do!