Originally Posted by
mainlineAF
If i remember correctly there’s a set number of g4 captain positions that have to go to LUS pilots. That’s the number of g4 captain seats that LUS brought to the merger. As LAA pilots bid to the 330 that opens up 787/777 spots for LUS guys. That number is protected for 5 years from SLI i believe.
Your seat lock starts when you are released
from your withhold. So if you get a position on the June bid but are withheld and then released on the December bid your seat lock starts in December.
Actually it's not LAA guys bidding the 330 that creates the opening. It's LUS guys retiring off of the 330. LAA guys took about 33 (?) of the first retirements before the floor was reached. Now that the floor has been reached each LUS G4 retirement (mostly 330's but perhaps some have gone to the 777/787) will generate another LUS guy getting a G4 CA award. Their overall seniority number doesn't matter, it's only a bidding war among LUS guys competing among themselves with their seniority numbers for the G4 CA jobs. The floor protection expires at the end of 2020.