Originally Posted by l2flare

True but only the first person skipped gets the bypass pay, they can then jump any number of other people, ie all the 145 FO's, and are not required to give bypass pay. Couple this with just not awarding the last 8 positions and they have a way to effectively bypass without paying bypass. Which puts us lateral jumpers in an awkward spot of seeing spots we could have held go unfilled/junior to us, and receive no compensation in return.
Once again my understanding is that this 100% allowed in the CBA, but its quite a bummer.