Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Close. It is when a pilot junior to you converts. Period.
22.12.4
A pilot who loses his 24.E.10. return rights 180 days after SOC will receive pay
protection under the following conditions:
a) The pilot will receive the difference between the payrate of the highest
position his seniority entitles him to hold and the payrate for the highest
paying position for which he lost his 24.E.10. return rights.
b) The pay protection will cease at the earlier of:
1) the conversion of a pilot junior to such pilot to a category with a payrate
which is equal to or higher than the payrate for the 24.E.10. category,
provided the award was the result of a vacancy posting awarded after
SOC, or
2) 36 bid periods plus 180 days following SOC.
Note: A pilot will not lose this pay protection if he was under a category
freeze incurred prior to SOC
So I'll keep the pay protection until the junior pilot completes his/her training in their new aircraft assignment. If I follow that logic than, if by some chance a bid comes out in August and that junior pilot's bid is realigned back into their current position (i.e. a senior pilot bids them out of their seat back into their old seat) prior to their conversion window, then pilots senior to them will maintain the pay protection since the junior pilot never officially converted.
Thanks for the response ACL, I know I drive you crazy with them at times.