Originally Posted by
Naviator
You are misparaphrasing the most important point. It says the 12 month lock “ does not apply to captains who are displaced.”
If you are a CA and get displaced, anywhere any seat, this does not apply to you. If an FO is displaced and becomes a CA he is not a CA who is displaced, he is an FO who is displaced. The union is clearly wrong on this and is wasting their time.
I disagree with your interpretation, as does the union. Applying the logic of that paragraph doesn’t go with what you say, nor does other similarly worded paragraphs in the contract. The union will win this in arbitration. Unfortunately, I think ALL effected pilots will no longer be here when an arbitrator makes the call, which is why the company is taking this tactic.
And the reason for the company doing this is to get FOs to vacancy bid rather than let a displacement happen, a vacancy is cheaper for the company. It’s also the reason the company has told the union they do not intend to apply 15.G.4 to all FOs on this bid and why they didn’t apply 15.G.4 to all FOs two bids ago. They want us all to vacancy bid rather than be displaced and they know too many of us have figured out how much better it is to be displaced. They are gaming us.