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8-D-6 Prior to utilizing Section 8-C-8 to assign an unfilled narrowbody fleet Captain vacancy to a New Hire, existing freezes will be lifted for Pilots bidding into those categories for that bid. When these existing freezes are lifted, Probationary Pilots will also be eligible to bid on such vacancies for that bid. In the event that the Company chooses not to lift existing freezes to fill unfilled narrowbody fleet Captain vacancies, those vacancies will be cancelled for that Category when the award is final.
what that effectively means is that everyone else should have gotten a chance to bid NBCA before assigning it to new hires.
but why does this provision exist at all if they were so confident that the QOL and reserve improvements will motivate people to upgrade?