Originally Posted by
flyingreasemnky
There is no real way to fix that in a seniority based system. Would you have him takeaway an upgrade from another pilot at a different airline? People talk about the national seniority list but its not realistic. People should be rewarded for taking gambles in their career. Someone who went to JetBlue when it was first starting shouldn't have someone push them down in seniority because American furloughs.
I didn't make any of the suggestions you mentioned in your reply, I just gave an opinion. You make valid points, but surely you would acknowledge that an experienced pilot with years in the industry having to start over at ground zero is pretty ludicrous. There is something fundamentally wrong with the industry wrt this issue as well as many others.