Originally Posted by
MunkyButtr
Spoken by a Colgan pilot who has already experienced a "longevity" transition. I'm sure you'd be singing a different tune if the shoe were on the other foot. That transition would demolish career expectations and upgrades for established fo's like it already did at 9e. That would never work. I highly doubt 6 year fo's at other carriers would be OK with someone jumping them on the senority list. The only way longevity transfer would work is strictly pay rates, not seniority, and we all know mgmt teams wouldn't buy into that either.
Longevity in terms of pay rates is strictly what I am referring to. As someone mentioned before, shared gain and sacrifice. As a colgan pilot I experienced a seniority transfer within the ISL, not a longevity transfer. My years of service did not change but the terms of the Bloch award determined my integrated seniority. Mgmt wouldn't agree to allowing someone to get hired at a higher starting pay unless the entire pay scale was reduced in the form of a concession. So I guess you are correct in that it would never work.