"If the company doesn't want to pay to train someone, they will have to pay them passover, IF there is retroactivity for the ropes, and IF these guys bid to upgrade. Kind of a win win for all of those on the seniority list, rope and non-rope alike. Otherwise, they train the guys and we get what we are b!tching about. Are you saying they will come to us and say, "we won't train these guys if you guys swallow PBS"?"

Sorry for the confusion MD. See, I told you I wasn't one of the smarter guys on this board.

What I was trying to say is if there is no bid for those covered by Age 60 retroactivity to get a front seat on, the company may agree to an MEC request for a displacement bid via an LOA in exchange for something like PBS so they can, as the MEC keeps saying, hold what their seniority allows. As I said, unlikely but I don't know what the MEC will do without our input next. If there is a normal bid out for them than what you said is correct.