Originally Posted by Check Essential

Leine-
You have it right. You CAN VD while frozen but you don't get to use your seniority. You use the seniority of the junior pilot whose displacement you are volunteering to take.

The contract reference is 22A8c. Freeze means you are "ineligible to be awarded another AE..."

ATL DC-9 will probably see some guys bidding in there for the future mandatory displacement. It will be an easy way to get a free paid move since the category is pretty much guaranteed to close in 2013. If someone wants to move their household across the country in the future, this will be one way to do it. Depending how much furniture you have, that could be worth big bucks. Easily enough to cover the pay difference between M88 or 73N and DC9 for one year.