Originally Posted by
captjns
Brown nosing will go just so far. Perhaps into the upgrade program. Let's face it if their skills or lack thereof will be demonstrated in the simulator... then the line training process. That's where, provided there is a proper training and checking staff will wash out the brown noser.
Unfortunately it delays the upgrade for those who deserve it.
Sadly, you'll never convince a union guy that absolute seniority system is actually devaluing him, and it's promoting mediocrity as it doesn't take anything else into account beside date of hire; it doesn't promote excellence, or self improvement, nor does it reward anything. In fact, it only promotes bare bones existence. In the end, the product suffers because people have NO incentive to do anything beyond existing.