Originally Posted by UnusualAttitude

More garbage in Section 24, the gift that keeps on giving. If a pilot is displaced (assigned) it is still considered a lateral move for the sake of a subsequent system bid. So even if you are put into a position via assignment you cannot bid back out of it via award (to a lateral position) until you have been activated for the adequate amount of time. The fact that ALPA ever agreed to this language is puzzling. The fact that we didn't even bother attempting to improve it during this negotiation is infuriating. Example: Pilot is excessed out of their 777CA seat and into the 767CA seat. There is another bid in 18 months, that pilot who was previously a 777CA and excessed cannot bid back to the 777CA seat but a pilot JR to him not subject to a bid award restriction can go right ahead. Seniority abrogation at it's finest.