Originally Posted by
buzzpat
^^^^^^ Eggggsssxactly! Spot on. I remember when I came back in 2008 and DAL asked me to monitor a few Indoc classes to get the drill down again. You should have seen the palpable angst in the room when the new hires realized there were other guys sitting there (3 of us to be exact) who were coming back and assuming our seniority on top of them. We'd killed their cat. sheesh. This industry.
That's funny, because one of my good buddies was a furlough returnee who was in my new-hire class. I was very humbled when getting back to LAX he checked his V-file and received his 1-year and 5-year pin...
I have been mostly fortunate in this career and respect that there are those who have endured hardships I hope to never know.
Its exactly because of those experiences, not despite them that seniority progression is something to actively pursue istead of just "hoping things work out ok"
Cheers
George