Hoping someone can answer these two questions.

1. I hadn't noticed the seat lock when I read through the summary, but read Higney's explanation in the other thread. Is that for all airplanes and positions??? Meaning someone can't upgrade to better paying equipment for 1 year? Should they be at all concerned about staffing the left seat of the Saab?

2. I asked this one on Airlink Pilots but haven't gotten a response. Our hire dates at Pinnacle are being adjusted for SLI. Is our new hire date going to determine our yearly raise also, or will that still be the old date???