Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
Case in point, I found out that the -900 at original 9E would only be differences training for me, and not a seat lock. My plan was to bid over to the ATL -900 for one month to satisfy Emirates' requirement of at least 50 hrs in a jet greater than 30 tons. I lived in DTW at the time, and considered commuting to ATL just to get the time, and then on the very next vacancy, bid back to the -200. That is just one example, there were plenty of other pilots who were contemplating moves just like this. Multiple vacancies, especially when only differences (no seatlock) are involved, can cost lots of moves.
Seeing as 9E runs the -900 and -200 as separate categories, you would be incorrect. Check out (if you've still got it) Section 24 under Equipment Freezes. FOs can't bid another category for 24 months following an award to a new aircraft. You'd be locked int the -900 for 24 months, and you wouldn't be able to upgrade for 12....unless there was street CA hiring about to happen. Change of domicile? Unrestricted. There's a difference between NO QUOTAS for FOs and no EQUIPMENT FREEZE for FOs.
Guys were bouncing from equipment to equipment after that first vacancy because equipment freezes don't count in a displacement. In a vacancy, however, they're still there.