Suffering from short memory aren’t we?
Red_Z3, regarding upgrades there was never a change of policy. The A330 has always been the base aircraft. Due to consolidation measures and the luck of command vacancies back in April 2008 it was decided to upgrade on the A320 for a short while. It was a temporary solution to keep the upgrades going and the bidding system was introduced to make things fair. There was a choice of A320 quick command or stay as FO on the widebody until such a slot becomes available. Shortfuel for example that seems to agree with you was the first to take the quick command route and has been fairly enjoying his Captain salary and pay scales ever since just like the “unlucky” A320 DECs. Some of your colleagues had choosen to wait on the FO pay scale and finally after getting the fleet of their choice are forced to fly the A320 after 500 hours including B777 guys who opted for the A330/340. Meanwhile some of those “unlucky” early A320 captains seems to have priority for a transfer to the A340 as they will be the first to complete 2 years of MFF A320/A330 even thought they are junior to the ones forced to move to the A320 as we speak. I do agree with you, just stick to seniority and to consistent policies.
Last edited by John60; 6th Aug 2010 at 21:52.