Originally Posted by
Bayou
There are still ~ 1,000 AirTran guys to transition and almost all live in the East. I expect my class to get displaced to PHX / LAS / OAK again next year as that happens. May take years for us to get back.
Once you are in a base, only the company can displace you. This would require you to be at the bottom of a base list and the company shrinks the base. Someone senior to you can only get into your base if there's an opening via a departure or base growth.