Originally Posted by
Car Ramrod
The point I was trying to make is that 689 of those positions (which is the number for all the F9 pilots on the IMSL, and assuming no attrition) you "lost" are not going to affect your bidding power one iota. None of us are going to slide over to take your RJ upgrade. And even if one of us did, that would open a spot up in the right seat of the airbus. Either way, you move to a higher paying position.
The frontier pilot who has 846 people in front of him (also assuming no attrition) will have his bidding power affected by all 846 of them.
Yes, that is entirely true, but for me, it is just a by-product of being integrated at the bottom - as long as there is no bump-and-flush, I can only move up. The higher you are on the list, the more bidding power you have to lose. But, I do see your point. My effective spots lost is really is equal the final number of senior to me ex-Midwest that accept recall and and the ex-Lynx group. Still sucks.
-SR