One would think theoretically - not BUT if it can be argued that the existing pilots no longer have the relevant type rating on the new aircraft, then by virtue that they are not qualified to fly the new type, they become surplus to requirements, unless they get the type rating themselves.
If companies in the City started getting rid of secretaries because they happened to be working on Apple Mac's not PC's, there'd be uproar. Especially if the secretaries were only working on those machines because they'd been told to.
The law is an a** if it allowing companies to get rid of
pilots because they happen not to be rated on the right type.
How on earth could anyone decide what was the
right type?
The same applies to
bases.
BA certainly recruit
Direct Entry Pilots. Sometimes there is a requirement for a certain type, but more often than not, aside from an hours requirement, any
pilot gets a go.
They then push you onto a type that you may or may not fly.
To then want to get rid of you because you happen to be on that type, seems to me to be more arbitrary than should be defensible in law.
That being the case, the law needs working on.
It doesn't take long going down this path, before one can imagine a scenario where even legacy pilots are
totally responsible for the cost of their ratings.
WW has been spending too much time with MOL.