Originally Posted by
scumby
The problem is if you quit, are fired or were laid off , even with all this experience you start off at the BOTTOM of the pile. With 1st year pay and on probation. Do you think the doctor gets treated like this. What about the Union worker for the Auto Industry, carpentry ,etc do they start at the BOTTOM ? It's time all pilots in every union get a National Senority Number. That follows you to your new job. The FAA wants us to get all these rating, have a current medical and now 1500 hours/ATP for crap pay. The 1500 Hours reg will stay, buy the National Senority # can change. It won't help me, but it would help the younger pilots looking at this profession. It's time we all stop eating our own and work a one group.
A National Seniority list is not fair, and I'm very much against it. If someone makes a personal decision to stay at a Regional because they don't want to lose weekends off, or lose seniority, or lose vacation, or go back to reserve, or start at the bottom they should not be able to just slide in above someone who did the work and took the risk to move on. A National Seniority list is just too sticky.