Originally Posted by
threeighteen
No, here's the problem, if a pilot is bumped, under the new section 24 rules, that pilot can only go to seats with vacancies... The company gets to manipulate the vacancies/staffing level however they want.
So what if, theoretically, the only seats with vacancies were 757 FO? An MD11 CA could be forced to 757 FO under the current language, while pilots junior to that pilot would get to keep their 777 and 767 CA slots.
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That is incorrect. they can go wherever their seniority can hold. that's your main problem, you don't understand the way it really works..