Originally Posted by
daldude
Definitely not unique no arguing from me on that one.
Just got off phone with 91 hire I recognized on seniority list. He put his situation compared to mine better than I could. Here is what he said:
Furloughed for 2 years 8 month vs 6 years 100% longer furlough.
Here is the biggest difference though according to him, he has been a wide body line holding fairly senior FO for 17 years of his 22 vs I will be a narrow body jr FO for 17 years prior to even cracking the top 20% of the seniority list. He then said you will be essentially a new hire for 60% of your career.
It was actually a depressing conversation. I had not thought of it in those terms.
So I guess the 91s are the same as my generation but he seemed to think he had it better. Who knows.
But don't worry I don't pine away for advancement I live within my means and enjoy life.
I think our profession now places too much emphasis on seniority, to the point we have significant "winners" and "losers" among our pilot group; based on nothing more than the day they were hired, relative to the thousand of others. Anyone hired in the "back of the wave" in an individual hiring cycle has a disproportionately lower career earnings potential, and while this was always true to a degree, the length of the post 9/11 lost decade has really amplified the normal effect of this.
But good luck trying to get a majority of pilots to agree with that, and actually formulate changes to mitigate it....
