Originally Posted by
ForeverFO
Yeah it's necroposting, but I have to add employee D on top of the others for merit based promotion.
-Shows up for work on time
-Spit and polished
-Few sick calls
-Well liked and respected; good pilot
-Takes care of customers
-Unfortunately, he is one of over 8,000 pilots, of whom 6,000+ do a great job on a daily basis. The list is so enormous, it's impossible to stand out from such a herd. He is lost in the huge mass of excellent employees who do their job very well.
The only way to get "merit" in such an organization is either gross sycophancy, or "knowing" somebody.
Is brown-nosing really the only way you can think of?
So let's say there are 1,000 dirtbags in front of him. Should his career be held hostage by them simply due to date-of-hire? I personally don't think so. There is no accountability in a union shop.
Are you familiar with how Emirates does the upgrade selection? Or how they bid for schedules? Or how is seniority applied there? Read up a bit about it... it's interesting and innovative for sure. What's even better... Emirates doesn't devalue a pilot, very much unlike airline pilot unions in the US.