Originally Posted by Emmerson Bigs

The option for a senior pilot to "Stand In" bid depends on the seniority of the pilot(s) they're standing in for, not their own.

If the number one Airbus CA had a crazy idea to "stand in" for one of the 25 CAs being excessed, he goes with their seniority, not his. So he can't just decide to bid to whatever seat he can hold system wide and bid to 767 IND or OAK because there are no vacacncies in those seats and every CA in those two bases are senior to the 25 MEM 300 CAs being targeted. So yes, any seat in the system where the junior pilot is still senior to the pilots in the seats being excessed is "protected". Not a single IND or OAK 767 CA is in danger of being pushed out. The only way any different pilots get into those seats is if one of those CA bids out. Then that secondary vacancy would be filled by seniority.