You're right, bumps/displacements are part of the profession, and there are provisions in our contract dealing with displacements. Your base is closing thus you're displaced. As you state, you can hold Captain in a lot of bases, but not all bases have vacancies, or will have vacancies in the future. Those bases can absorb up to 2% above the published min, so as you plot your course in your little war room, there are some categories that you may bump in to that'll exceed that 2% and potentially result in a secondary displacement. Of course you already know this so your question is a bit disingenuous, but you can play the "Hey, I'm just being a good union member and am simply following the contract..." all you want (funny as I hear that same rationale from folks who would JRM while pilots were on furlough, very scab-like), but your gloating on a public forum shows your true colors. So no, I'm not calling you a scab as that designation is for those who cross picket lines, but it doesn't mean one does not exhibit scab-like tendencies from time to time without actually being a scab.

To your second point about how old I was during the strike....funny, whenever I've talked down about scabs in front of scabs they use the same exact point you just used in an attempt to downplay my comment. Once a scab, always a scab and I will not hesitate to call a scab a scab, I don't go out of my way to do it, but if the scab is being a$$ then I will call it out. I do find it ironic that I'm having this discussion with you, I though the LUAL culture was no mercy for scabs. Should us LCAL '05-'06 hires just "shut up and color" when it comes to the scab issue? There are many of us who didn't have any skin in the game back then, hell I suspect you didn't either.

Back to your plotting and strategizing about your bump and then gloating about it on a public forum offering anonymity.