Originally Posted by
Pedro4President
So much of what you said in this post isn’t accurate. I’ll try to explain in an example why a PTD is better than a 3D. Essentially a PTD is a ticket to the front of the displacement line. If anyone gets displaced out of DCE he would be looked at first. He is taking the place of the bottom guys on the list. Now there’s no guarantee anyone will be displaced but if enough pilots get 15G4ed to DCE then it could happen. Now because he isn’t getting 15G4ed he can hold what seniority can hold regardless if there is a vacancy open. He would then kick the junior pilot out.
This whole 15G4 stuff is so confusing and then to throw in actual displacements makes it even more convoluted. But yes you are right in the fact we should all have 3Ds filled out for ever seat.
OK, you guys are reading the union emails differently than I am or the union emails are not matching what's going on.
From the union email on Jan 3rd (regarding the last bid):
"A proffer to displace pilot will only be awarded the leftover / unfilled status(es) that remain after the vacancy portion is run. A 15.G.4 pilot will go wherever his seniority can hold."
/\ I read that to mean a PTD will not displace a junior pilot but a 15.G.4 will.
"For Captains, if you're not currently under a training freeze, you can vacancy bid and/or attempt a proffer to displace. For FOs, there is still no provision to get you from jet-to-jet without a displacement bid. Any displacements occurring on this bid are likely to be from FO to CA only."
/\ on this one, I had forgotten but it appears captains can use the PTD as long as they don't have a training freeze. However, given a PTD will not displace a junior pilot (per first quote), I don't see what the point is for the situation being discussed. But for those 175 FOs that were forced to 145 CA, this is great. As long as they didn't volunteer for the training freeze, this is a free path back to the 175 where they can THEN volunteer for the training freeze.
Then from the same email:
"Here's how it will work:
1. The Company will award vacancies via the normal process: preferences (3P) first, in seniority order.
2. Unfilled Captain vacancies will be noted (if insufficient preference bids).
3. Proffers to displace will then be considered for the unfilled Captain vacancies, in seniority order (from top to bottom). Proffers to displace do not incur a training freeze (seatlock) nor will they incur any sort of flow freeze or flow lock.
4. Once/If all proffers to displace are exhausted and unfilled vacancies remain, the parties will tally the number of unfilled vacancies. Starting at the bottom of the seniority list, the parties will identify a sufficient number of the most junior qualified pilots (working from most junior to most senior) and place them into a pool. The parties will then turn to the most senior pilot in this pool and involuntarily assign him/her to any position that their seniority can hold while respecting displacement preferences (3D)."
I'm not trying to be argumentative but if I don't understand what I'm reading, I'd like to know what I'm missing.
Thanks in advance.