I agree the seatlocks should never have been there to begin with. But they were there and everyone knew it before they took Saab captain spots. And as such I bid the jet because I should have had better relative seniority on it compared to the Saab. And I would have with the locks. I (foolishly) believed the company when they said that the locks wouldn't be released at all, bid carefully. The jet upgrades didnt' get to the point of hitting the bottom of the list. They got to the point of a couple 07 newhires getting the award when the company then went oh $h!t and released the locks rather than chancing any more newhires getting the award. That is my guess why they are still releasing locks rather than now that they are backfilling putting the locks back on. If they did then the bid would have at least a few 07 hires again.