Your posts frequently come across as angry, are you aware of that? That is not my negotiating stance at all, and no it’s not a joke. Rephrase the sentence to ‘no *additional* seat locks...’ if it makes it easier to understand. Apologies for being unclear.

1 year seat locks, fine (Though I wish new hires could still have a freebie). 18 months, ok. 2 years is pushing it and I think if the company wants longer seat locks then there may some of us who are open to an incentive but others who definitely are not. So why not let the interested parties work for a win-win. 3 year seat lock for an extra 14 ivd’s: save some training $ and put some $ into a pilots pocket. I got no problem with that.