Frankly, there should be no special protections requested or granted to any United pilots beyond those provided for in the UPA. Section 8-C-6 of the UPA already provides 120 days of "grandfather rights" to displaced pilots. Section 8-E-11 of the UPA already provides that any displaced pilot shall not be subject to a freeze and is entitled to a paid move and positive space tickets in accordance with Section 10.
MOU 14 of the UPA provides 24 months of grandfather rights to the ORD 747, LAX 747, SEA 777 categories. This was negotiated due to the closure and reopening of the ORD 747 category and provides protection for flying that RETURNS to a previously CLOSED category. The alignment of flying in Houston is a completely different situation from one that triggers MOU 14. A category is not being completely phased out of the Houston domicile. The Houston displacements are standard, generic displacements already covered by the UPA. Reading the resolution it only points out the pain Houston IAH 737 CA's have endured or will endure. No mention of IAH 737 FO's, IAH 756/76T CA's, DEN 76T/320 pilots, etc. which makes you question their desire to protect ALL pilots. Plus, where exactly do the 76T pilots possibly bumped in the future and SEA pilots displace back to?
If Council 171 is determined to pass a resolution concerning displacements the resolution should request limited grandfather rights patterned after MOU 14's 24 months. Grandfather rights that only apply to flying RETURNED to a category. Vacancies from normal attrition should be filled using Section 8 of the UPA. If vacancies from normal attrition aren't filled per the UPA the seniority of all pilots who have the seniority to hold those positions will have been abrogated. The NC and/or SSC could decide the correct metrics to be used to determine whether future vacancies are due to attrition or flying being returned to Houston and employ those metrics to publish the number of grandfather positions available if such a resolution was passed.