Originally Posted by skypig

From Section 23...Can anyone explain to me what I'm missing here? How are these guys getting around this section of the CBA. There will be no vacancies in the back seat, as there were none prior to age 65 but this section seems to be ignored. Thanks.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 23.A.1. and B.1., the
following apply to a pilot subject to a regulated age restriction:

a. If the pilot is involuntarily excessed from his current crew
position and, as a result of his restriction, he is ineligible to
be awarded or assigned any other crew position, the pilot
may be furloughed.

b. The pilot may be bypassed on recall from furlough until
there is an available crew position that he is eligible to be
awarded or assigned.

c. A restricted pilot who cannot move to or be accommodated
as a second offi cer from another crew position because
his relative seniority is less than the current population of
second offi cers or there are no second offi cer crew seats,
shall be offered the opportunity to retire as provided in
the Agreement.

Following a pilot’s rejection of the offer,
the pilot shall be released from employment as provided
in Section 22.B.1., and shall not be considered as having
been furloughed in cases where the only crew status the
pilot can occupy is second offi cer.