Originally Posted by
Baradium
It's not a contractual requirement as far as I can tell. The company made the conscious decision that it isn't fair to the senior pilot that requested pilot to bypass a pilot junior to them if the senior pilot requested it.
The company is permitted to go above and beyond the contract if they desire, although it still confuses me that they do in this case. I will add though that at this point it'd probably be considered status quo.
Something is confusing me with this (not unusual). Just taking a quick glance at the award, the second 350 pilot who was not bypassed, but senior to a whole bunch who were bypassed, is within 5 years of retirement. Are you saying that he did not check the box for bypass and if he had he would have gotten it?
He was not alone. There were several that fall into that category. They all retire after the youngest pilot who did get a bypass though which makes sense per the PWA but not with this non-contractual company policy that is being referred to.