Originally Posted by
MinRest
Dude, nobody is lashing out at you lol. You just don't know what reality is. Downgrades? How the F could they simultaneously open a base and downgrade lol. Do you think before you type?
You absolutely can. Because vacancies are awarded before displacements.
Suppose 80 slots for SAN opens at the cost of -50 SFO and -30 LAX.
Sure, anyone bidding out of SFO and LAX for the -50 and -30 respectively won’t be backfilled and fulfills a reduction. But problem is, it’s the seniority order top to bottom vacancy filling for those 80 SAN slots FIRST.
So you could theoretically have senior guys from SEA and PDX bid SAN. The junior ones in SFO and LAX can’t hold SAN, but can’t hold their base either. Assuming they bid Capt, they will bid SEA and PDX CA. The very bottom SEA CAs would then be on the chopping block for involuntary displacements.
Depending how SAN opens (how many reductions in SFO and LAX), there can be a case for involuntary downgrades. This is especially true when you consider the trend of most junior CAs being awarded are 2017 and the most junior CA on property is 2019. That difference is the danger zone for potential downgrade.
It all depends on how SAN opens. The less reductions in SFO and LAX to do so, the better.