Pullout, you seem to have a good grip on the happenings - let me pose this question.

CBA reads you cannot bid into lesser or equal paying equipment than you're already on, and VP of flight ops went out of his way to point out in his letter that the 175 was a 76 aircraft and bidding rights would be governed by the CBA. So, take away seat locks from the discussion for a moment, does that mean a 200 CA in Hawaii can bid the 175, but a 700 CA in ORD cannot? Or is the 175 considered higher paying for all CRJ CA's because the CRJ "base" rate (vacation & reserve pay) is 200 rates for every CRJ pilot? Or... worse yet, is the 175 considered lesser equip. because every CRJ pilot can be tasked to fly a 900 at times?