Those have been around for a LOOOOOONG time, and they are called ELOA clauses. Traditionally those are found at regionals and can only be excercised for beyond a lateral move. (SORRY to mythbust or hurt some egos but going from a regional to a ULCC is NOT a lateral move)
Basically you can’t use it for another regional.


The spirit of the language is to give a pilot some type of safety net in the event they have a washout of training, family can’t function under the new commute…………

It’s not designed for people come back to a carrier that they thought was bust and will now resurrect itself along with their career expectations.