Originally Posted by ShyGuy

It’s seniority. Vacancies are awarded first. So that more senior FO would get the position in base Y as Capt. Then as for Capt in base X, it depends if enough CAs above him bid out and satisfied all reduction requirements. If not, as long as he bid his own base X as Capt bid #1 and now can’t hold it, he gets to displace into base Y at his current seniority, and knock out the bottom most Capt at base Y who will then be displaced somewhere else.


vacancies awarded first. If enough Captains voluntarily bid out of the base that is being reduced, it fulfills a reduction requirement and spot isn’t backfilled.



And I’m pretty sure the following is correct…

You could even have Capt awards INTO a base being reduced. Say LA publishes 30 CA reductions. But 35 senior LA Captains voluntarily bid out to SAN and SEA. This example would satisfy all 30 reductions and have 5 proffer positions into LAX CA.