Originally Posted by
Sluggo_63
No, if you read my original post, you'll see my argument is that this does honor seniority because all the available slots were filled in seniority order, then the junior people whose base were closing were also allowed to go to a filled spot. Yes, there are some people who feel aggrieved that the junior bumped people shouldn't have been able to go to a seat without offering it to a more senior person, but that senior person wouldn't have gotten the seat because the seat was already filled.
You are advocating for a bump and flush which would (and has in the past) cause more havoc throughout the crew force and negatively affect so many more people than this bid system does.
bump and flush honors seniority, current system does not.
there are currently people who are junior to me on my airplane in my base getting seats that I cannot hold because they bid 757 CA and now are getting kicked out of 757 CA even though they’ve never gone to training as a 757 captain and never will.
that does not honor seniority. If you think it does, you don’t understand what seniority is. And yes, if you get kicked out of your seat, you shouldn’t be able to hold something that your seniority doesn’t allow.