Originally Posted by
untied
I met a 2005 LCAL guy who got the 737 Captain seat in DEN before the SLI. He was moving there and buying a big house. I tried to explain the bump risks, but he thought "no bump, no flush" meant that he could never lose his Captain seat.
No need to argue. I knew he'd figure it out eventually.
Now he knows.
Probably need 20 years to hold the left seat in DEN after all this settles.
No bump, no flush "as a result of the SLI" meaning you can't use the SLI and say "Hey people are out of seniority, lets do a system flush re-bid, etc." Anyone who believed that they'd be in a seat or base forever are nuts. Remember we used to have pilot bases in LHR, MIA, HNL, SEA, ANC, etc and they don't exist anymore but we still have pilots living in lots of those places still.