Originally Posted by
osuav8r
I'm senior enough as an IAH737 fo that there's no chance of me getting bumped. Why would a guy want to avoid an equipment freeze?
Originally Posted by
pilot64golfer
No. If you bid ANYTHING that is not UPWARD (i.e. same or lower) you get a Bidding Freeze for 24 months and you can't bid again. (This doesn't count changing bases in the same equipment)
This isn't the old contract. We have 3 different types of freezes. Everyone seems to know about Equipment Training Freeze, but not the other 2.
To further add to this, Section 8-D-2 (Bidding Freeze) covers this. The language, however, uses the phrase "may be ineligible" so it looks like the company can unilaterally remove the freeze if they see fit. A bidding freeze does not preclude you from upgrading in your current "frozen" equipment or bidding the same equipment in a different base.. Also, there is a provision allowing you to bid a new base. Oddly, that provision is in addition to the provision allowing you to bid between bases in your frozen equipment so one assumption could be that you could bid different equipment in that new base.