Originally Posted by
flightlessbirds
I believe it is when your starting position (ie MKE-CRJ-RC) is shrinking and requires some displacements. If you bid and get something else that you’d rather have, you have preferenced to displace out of that shrinking position. Thus it reduces the over-staffed-ness of that particular position.
vs an award which is just filling a vacant slot. Don’t quote me for certain though.
They are similar, but if what you were awarded keeps someone junior to you from getting displaced, it becomes a Pref Displacement. It protects contractual moving rights, and I believe it came about a few years ago with the United shuffle and we had the big geographic shift in bases.
In any case, congrats to all who got (back) where they wanted, and let's hope we can get those who are being furloughed back as quickly as possible.