Originally Posted by
thebigdawg
There is no such thing as a PIC pairing.
There will be if this TA passes, like others have said the Block 5 rep was wrong on this subject in his letter. Even today (pre-TA) the FOM does have this screwed up procedure in place for double augmented flight. This TA settlement and the wording change in 22.B.2 of the CBA finally put this bad policy to bed.
Seniority applies in every case listed in 22.B.2, but should have never been allowed to be utilized twice with respect to bidding lines, first pick the trip you want and then use your seniority to bump a CA flying his butt off on a full crew pairing and disrupt the entire apple cart.
What's next for the seniority system, parking and bumping spots in democrat by seniority? Bid what you want to fly (or not if you want a monster D/H trip).