Originally Posted by
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BTW, in my dealings and others who have sent me emails, texts or pm's about this subject, the common response from rep's has been "the new system is what pilots demanded and if you don't like the system it's because your junior." Which is, let's all recall, a relative thing because you can be a 1987 hire sitting reserve on the 777A and not be happy.
But did I miss the survey on this? When did it happen?
One thing though, I've seen a change in tone to the positive and more receptive to other ideas lately, and that I appreciate.
Yeah, I've heard that a lot "senior pilots want this." But I never got the survey to provide my input. And I didn't get the memo that said please send us your input or call us so we can take into consideration your thoughts on the matter.
When I did contact my reps I was told that all the feedback they have received was from junior pilots like myself with these concerns. In other words, 100% of the feedback was critical of what was taking place, namely the bucket values. 100% of it.
Now you could say that the seniors just hadn't commented and had they been asked they would have told you they support it. But this rep said they hadn't said anything; that all the feedback he got was negative. So apparently only when seniors complain does it matter. Do senior pilots (e.g. top 50%) get greater credit for their opinions and input? I mean we all admit that seniority should be respected so how about we commit to this and give them greater representation (from what I'm seeing they already are when it comes to the reserve system). So let's make it official: give their vote values and survey inputs a value of 1.5 and junior pilots a value of .75. They are paying more in dues, right?