It all depends on how well this place is organized and how strict the contract is.

In past experience, and how it should be done is a vacancy notice should be posted with X amount of captain positions to fill. Then an award comes out with those that can hold it with the upgrade hour requirements. Then next to their name it should say “bypassed” and then have the person that they are linked to who is causing them to receive bypass pay.

Once you hold a captain position, you should not be able to to be bumped out of that position unless a displacement notice is posted, and obviously we shouldn't get one of those unless we’re in trouble.

Now with the new minimums posted, when a new vacancy is announced, those who were unable to hold captain due to hour requirements should now be able to hold a newly announced captain position, NOT displace someone else who has been awarded a captain position.

But considering we still submit our standing bid via a piece of paper, and not by an online form, I dont expect this process to be done in a correct manner.