VB, you will find this to be an interesting read. From the contract:
8-D Eligibility to be Awarded Vacancies
A Pilot's eligibility to be awarded vacancies shall be subject to the following conditions:
8-D-1
Equipment Training Freeze
8-D-1-a
When a Pilot enters training for a vacancy award, he may be ineligible to be
awarded another vacancy for twenty-four (24) months if the number of training days
(excluding days off) for the training he has entered is thirteen (13) days or greater, or for
twelve (12) months if the training he has entered is less than thirteen (13) days. There shall
be no restriction on his eligibility to be awarded another vacancy if training is not required.
8-D-1-b
An Equipment training freeze shall also apply to a Pilot who requires training upon
being hired as a Pilot or upon being recalled from furlough.
8-D-1-c
An Equipment training freeze shall begin the first day a Pilot starts training, and
shall apply to any vacancy bulletin whose closing date falls within the duration of the
freeze.
8-D-1-d
An Equipment training freeze shall not restrict a Pilot in a lower–numbered
Equipment/pay band from being awarded a vacancy in a higher-numbered Equipment/pay
band, pursuant to the bands described below:
1) 321/320/319FO, 737FO
2) 767/757FO
3) 747FO, 777FO, 787FO, 350FO
4) 321/320/319CA, 737CA
5) 767/757CA
6) 747CA, 777CA, 787CA, 350CA
8-D-1-e
An Equipment training freeze shall not restrict a Pilot from bidding to a “new”
Category (a Category shall be considered “new” for all vacancies with advertised effective
dates within six (6) months of the advertised effective date of the first vacancies bid in that
new Category).
8-D-2
Bidding Freeze
8-D-2-a
When a Pilot is awarded an assignment through vacancy bidding and such award
does not move him from a lower-numbered band to a higher-numbered band in
accordance with Section 8-D-1-d, he may be ineligible to be awarded any other vacancy for
twenty-four (24) months. However, a Pilot shall be eligible to be awarded a vacancy for a
“lateral” award (i.e., change in Base only; present Equipment and Status remain the same)
without incurring an additional bidding freeze.
8-D-2-b
A bidding freeze shall begin the first day a Pilot starts training or, if training is not
required, on the date of his Activation, and shall apply to any vacancy bid whose closing
date falls within the duration of the freeze.
8-D-2-c
A bidding freeze shall not restrict a Pilot from bidding for a Captain vacancy in his
current Equipment type, nor from bidding to a new Base (a Base shall be considered “new”
for vacancies with effective dates within six (6) months of the effective date of the first
vacancy bulletin for that new Base).
8-D-3
New Equipment Type Freeze
8-D-3-a
When a Pilot receives an award through vacancy bidding to a “new” Equipment
type as defined in Section 8-C-7, he shall be ineligible to be awarded any other vacancy
until the “new”
Equipment type has completed twenty-four (24) months of revenue
service.
8-D-3-b
The award restriction set forth in Section 8-D-3-a shall also apply to a Pilot who
receives an award to a “new” Equipment type upon being hired as a
Pilot or upon being
recalled from furlough.
8-D-3-c
A new Equipment type freeze shall begin the first day a Pilot starts training, and
shall apply to any vacancy bid whose closing date falls within the duration of the freeze.
8-D-3-d
A new Equipment type freeze shall not restrict a Pilot from being awarded a
Captain vacancy if he has never held a Captain position before.
8-D-4
Any previously existing Equipment training freeze, bidding freeze, or new Equipment
type freeze shall expire when a Pilot is advanced to a subsequent vacancy bid award, and only
the freeze applicable to the new award, if any, shall apply. However, freezes shall not expire if
the award is a lateral bid award. A Pilot under a freeze may be awarded an unlimited number
of lateral bid awards except he shall receive no new paid move nor travel time entitlement as
a result of such an award.
8-D-5
The Company, after consultation with the SSC, may waive any of the freezes outlined in
Section 8-D for any specific vacancy bulletin.