Originally Posted by
iaflyer
Didn't everyone have the opportunity to bid to a different airplane/position in the AE that closed right after Jan 1?
I know I could of bid to DTWDC9B if I wanted to avoid commuting and reserve, but I made a choice to stay on my equipment.
Yes, but for many of us BP5 was October 1 and the positions we were in were bid under the fNW contract. Block and Reserve were separate categories and if you fell of the bottom of blockholder you got the equivalent of MD.
After BP5 we could AE or VD but generally you weren't getting MD rights unless your airplane was going away. Being involuntarily moved to reserve didn't get you an MD in October or January.