Correct.

The PI's paper bid for pay purposes. So the PI's who get surplussed off the 76T in DEN can simply paper bid for another 76T position in a different base and obtain the same pay. Some however much to the displeasure of management will be able to use this surplus to INCREASE their pay by paper bidding a captain or wide body F/O position. CHACHING!!!

This is part of the reason that our faithful leaders have been holding off on surpluses for so long. I tried to go back to TK several times in the past couple of years. I was told in so many words that reason they won't take me back is because I have captain seniority. And there is nothing the contract to prevent me from taking a paper bid captain position and they don't want to have to pay a PI captain wages at 89 hrs (or whatever it is) plus override.

Looks to me like DENTK is about to have some seriously high paid PI's on their hands. I would guess that 80%+ of the current PI's can hold captain all over the system.