Don't get me lying to you; however, it looks like the seat locks were finally enforced on this practice bid. I don't know if this may be your situation or not. the company's position is, "Except for HKG or CDG, To down bid, or lateral bid, you must have been activated in your current seat for 18 months as of the bid close date. (Not training expectation date, but Nov. 19th.)" So if you had finished IOE AFTER 5/18/06, they aren't letting people go to a new training event on a lateral or down bid.

If that's not the case, call in ASAP to make sure the final is right!