Originally Posted by
PilotWombat
I was really wondering about this. A buddy of mine was MD'd in May and was trying to figure out if he could bid for an AE into a totally different category, or if reinstatement was his only option. Looking into 22G (or the whole contract, really), as far as I could tell, it never actually says that getting awarded an MD removes a seat lock, only that those awarded an AE or VD (or new hires) incur one.
Since it sounds like there are guys that were affected by this, I wonder how the company and the union will work this one. I could see both interpretations: From the company's view, a cancelled displacement or a reinstatement puts you right back where you were...with a seat lock. ALPA could just as well say that historically, an MD wipes out any pilot's seat lock and it's the companies fault they didn't plan correctly.
I don’t see how they cannot re-run this AE. Regardless if they do/do not go back on their word of “no seat locks”...many (if not all) 88FOs are beyond the first 12 months and could bid off to another base anyway. It’s almost like the computer “re-seatlocked” everyone who were brought back.