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Flying Boxes
So which method is correct? In the second quote above (which is actually your earlier post) you described exactly how sec 24 works now. Where you're upset is that pilots not being bumped can only fill vacancies as their seniority allows. This bid does not have many vacancies.
Bump and Flush is NOT how other legacy airlines run things so better get comfortable with it. And yes, I have been bumped and flushed here couple of times. The industry standard language is better for the crew force in my option. Disagreeing with your option means just that. No need to insult me because your feelings are hurt.
Trying to reason with meeighteen is impossible. You can't reason with the unreasonable. Our old language would have allowed the company to close those bases without a bump and flush. It would have also allowed for the company to move pilots from an overmanned seat to other seats without a bump and flush. There was nothing in the old contract that said that the company MUST bump and flush. Meeighteen is just mad at the decisions he made and is trying to place blame on everyone and everything other than himself. I'm sure his life resembles a country song. Wife left him, forced to take a crappy job, etc....
Funny how he came here because he was going to get furloughed, and now he is saying the the legacies couldn't furlough because it would cost too much. With his track record, why would you listen to anything he has to say. He doesn't even understand how the current system works. Just feel sorry for him.