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forgot to bid
A pilot who has been involuntarily displaced may be reinstated to the category from which he was displaced ahead of pilots attempting to bid into that category if a vacancy is posted in that category with a conversion period that begins within 180 days of the conversion date of the MD.
I'm trying to figure out what exactly this means when there are vacancies and surpluses posted. I think I know the answer, but reading the contract, it's not entirely clear.
So, here's the deal...I was MD'd off the 7ERB ATL effective this month, so I have reinstatement rights. There is a vacancy of 35 7ERB on this AE. BUT there are 221 ATL 765B and 767B surpluses on this bid as well. So if they run the AE and less than 35 people with reinstatement rights senior to me request to be reinstated, that would allow me to be reinstated. After they do this step, I assume they now start the displacements of the other categories, flushing the people that just got reinstated to the 7ER back off the airplane? So, in reality, my reinstatement rights probably mean next to nothing with so many people getting bumped off the 765 and the 767, right?
I am hoping I am wrong, but I assume I am right and will probably be bumped completely out of ATL as well. Speaking of which, which other base is the easiest to commute to out of ATL?