I don't know why ALPA chose to re-publish Q&A from 23-01/24-01 that's partially applicable to 25-01. I guess they expected pilots to have enough understanding of the process to filter out the portions that don't apply. There is a Q&A exclusively for 25-01 also, FYI. The first "component" of the four you cut and pasted applies to base closure. That's done. There are no base closures in this bid. Everyone in a seat that closed used their options related to that event already in 23-01. They all have a new position and that's what applies to 25-01, even if they're not activated in that position yet.

Maybe since there were uber senior pilots in the -11 bases closing in 23-01, it was easy to make blanket statements in the Q&A about not being protected in your junior seat. That may have applied system wide due to the seniority of those being displaced. But it doesn't now. There are very junior pilots in the seats with excesses and they don't have the same options as senior pilots in closing bases did on 23-01. So those who might opt to stand in for those being excessed don't have the same options either.

I think we're going around in circles on this. We'll see when the bid closes. My only point is that if no one bids out of IND or OAK CA seats, they you'll see the exact same names there when the bid closes as you do today.