Originally Posted by
sulkair
I think I understand this, but is the reason seat locks occur in a merger because in any SLI there is going to be elements that can no longer technically hold what they held in their single list? Whether base, or seat? So it mainly just freezes things up for a period to allow things to naturally settle without bumping people around or downgrading newer CA's?
Yes, so we can allow a few years to pass and everyone continues to accrue seniority, so that we're not bumping junior CAs back to FO, and we're not robbing an FO of that base he/she was finally awarded after X amount of years. At our current growth rates a 2 year base and seat lock would allow everyone on the edge to gain seniority to hold seat/base; but if it looks like some will be displaced that 2 years will also allow some time for our pilots to make plans.