gutshotdraw
ZERT Wilson CQB User
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In the old days, when it was time to upgrade, an SIC would go to Hilton Head for five days of "Captain Charm School." Then they would come back a week later for a recurrent cycle in the sim with a Standards Captain observing the ride. Providing that went ok, the pilot would start wearing four stripes and would go back on the line awaiting a line check but flew as SIC.
Once the line check was completed (several days and a minimum of 6 legs), the pilot was signed off as a "Captain-qualified First Officer" but DID NOT receive their pay bump and did not act as PIC until the next delivery or until the next GIV PIC moved up to the GV. In my case, I finished my line check in September but didn't get paid as a PIC until late December. Which also became my new anniversary date for pay raises (summer original DOH). There's more to BOTH of those stories.
Now, follow along here. As to Nacho's point, when the furlough occurred (pre-integration BTW), NJI was forced to furlough nearly 50 FO's despite the entire division being right-sized in comparison to NJA. Nearly all were in the GV. That left the GV woefully short-staffed. At the time, none of the crossover FO's had fulfilled their seat lock. So, the company moved a bunch of NJI GIV Captains over to the GV which badly skewed the PIC/SIC ratio in that fleet.
That left a huge shortage of PIC's in the GIV. Per the terms of the LOA, 1/3 of those spots would be filled by NJA (which they were) and the remainder by native NJI F/O's. Voila, you have a bunch of relatively junior GIV PIC's.
Despite the conspiracy theories of the black helicopter crowd, that is why it happened the way it happened. But that's okay. They'll "get even" with the "Dirty Thirty" when the GIV fleet displaces and the junior PIC's have to go jerk gear in a Phenom. Or they go find a better job in a Fortune 500 flight department. Or go back to their airline gig. Both of which have already happened.
Once the line check was completed (several days and a minimum of 6 legs), the pilot was signed off as a "Captain-qualified First Officer" but DID NOT receive their pay bump and did not act as PIC until the next delivery or until the next GIV PIC moved up to the GV. In my case, I finished my line check in September but didn't get paid as a PIC until late December. Which also became my new anniversary date for pay raises (summer original DOH). There's more to BOTH of those stories.
Now, follow along here. As to Nacho's point, when the furlough occurred (pre-integration BTW), NJI was forced to furlough nearly 50 FO's despite the entire division being right-sized in comparison to NJA. Nearly all were in the GV. That left the GV woefully short-staffed. At the time, none of the crossover FO's had fulfilled their seat lock. So, the company moved a bunch of NJI GIV Captains over to the GV which badly skewed the PIC/SIC ratio in that fleet.
That left a huge shortage of PIC's in the GIV. Per the terms of the LOA, 1/3 of those spots would be filled by NJA (which they were) and the remainder by native NJI F/O's. Voila, you have a bunch of relatively junior GIV PIC's.
Despite the conspiracy theories of the black helicopter crowd, that is why it happened the way it happened. But that's okay. They'll "get even" with the "Dirty Thirty" when the GIV fleet displaces and the junior PIC's have to go jerk gear in a Phenom. Or they go find a better job in a Fortune 500 flight department. Or go back to their airline gig. Both of which have already happened.
