Originally Posted by
h8ngman
this is an incorrect statement. If a captain who is displaced from SFO/LAX is senior to a captain in any other base, they could in theory force a displacement of a junior pilot in any other base if they are senior to that pilot.
I should have specified. Nobody is being kicked out of those bases by people upgrading who were previously FOs. Yes if somebody senior is displaced, they go where they can hold at that point.