Originally Posted by
Merle Haggard
Yes, that is how it works pretty much everywhere. The consequences of rash and stupid management decisions are much greater when it works that way. It helps to prevent rash and stupid decisions. Bidding is about seniority, what it's not about is "who's willing to take a chance".
Use your seniority to bid for the vacancies that exist. If you are in a seat that is or becomes overmanned, use your seniority to bid to another seat or stay in your seat allowing somebody else to bid out or get forced out if nobody wants to leave. Seniority still is honored.
Bump and flush was awesome…it allowed the over 60 crowd to get back to captain seats when no vacancies existed and forcing a subsequent cascade of people getting pushed to lower paying seats or lower seniority within their seat.
Are you advocating that every bid should allow you to go to whatever seat your seniority holds even without vacancies? Now you would never know if you would stay in your seat.