Originally Posted by
singlepilot
Upgrading when you choose to and your seniority can hold it is your individual right, regardless of circumstances. Taking the upgrade then an immediate downgrade is a head scratcher though..
Although the prelim doesn't give the type of award, I would highly suspect it is an involuntary downgrade. There were lots of questions that went into crew planning on the last award with guys not really understanding how this whole realignment process works. I suspect we will see a few more "odd" awards.