According to reliable sources a.a. has come up with a brilliant idea to save more money and secure his bonus... (already being implemented).
Stop upgrading your own people, as training costs a lot of money and only hire Direct Entry Captains.
Probably forgetting that training DEC's also takes 2-3 weeks of admin days and ground school followed by 3-4 weeks of simulator and line training, but more importantly that by effectively destroying carreer prospects for F/O's the resignations and
costs of training for replacement F/O's.
F/O's that you are going to have to train to captain at same point anyway, therefore you're
NOT SAVING ANYTHING. It's just a
short term fix that saves money for a very short period of time, but
COSTS MORE IN THE LONG RUN and destroys CREW MORALE! 
That's what you get if you hire people for management functions with no degree in management or business!
