Originally Posted by RJ85FO

That was a little different situation...involuntary downgrade has a different set of rules.

Also, Crew planning has the ability to "preview" the awards. For whatever reason, they don't publish them now (I think there was an ALPA e-mail a while back about no published previews). This was no surprise to Mesaba, since all they have to do is query the preference bids to "preview" what the awards will look like. They knew it was going to happen. I am sure there will be discussions about releasing seat locks and how to handle new hires with ATP's or ATP mins. Although, releasing seat locks could turn out to be just as costly as training new hires in two different aircraft, back-to-back.

It is certainly an interesting time. You guys played your cards just right by getting onboard when you did. Smart move! I do feel a little bad for the junior captain though, I think he is going to get to be very familiar with being on reserve.