I have friends that are Guppy Captains that wouldn't be now because they got bumps (not trained in time as guppy FO) into seats that had someone junior to them. So yes, there are guys out of seniority in those seats, but there are also pilots moving into those seats that a) wouldn't have been able to hold them without 14-02V and b) have better seniority in those seats because of all the out of seniority pilots there as a reserve cushion.

So I'm over it. It wasn't those individual pilots fault that management put out 14-02V, they were just taking advantage of a chance to upgrade before their actual seniority would have allowed it with a joint seniority list being in place.