Originally Posted by
johnso29
Sorry, but the highlighted sentence really grinds my gears. This is a job. If you want to get paid then you're going to have to WORK. This isn't a charity. It's a business. It's also our unions duty to represent and work to improve the QOL of ALL of it's pilots. So it's not ok for someone to expect the bottom of the category to do all the work while he/she sits around all month doing nothing.
When people are in the same bucket, seniority is honored. The system absolutely honors seniority.
I'm sorry for jumping down your throat.
I'm sorry for jumping down your throat
Good because
once again, you are saying things that I am not.
Where did I ever say that senior should get to sit around and do nothing while junior does it all? I agreed with scoop and others that the current system does a good job of
spreading flying while honoring seniority. I even stated/agreed that the SC situation needs to be tweaked. Why do I say that? To help prevent said situation of sitting around and doing nothing while others do it all.
When people are in the same bucket, seniority is honored. The system absolutely honors seniority.
Where did I say otherwise? I said the
previous system basically ignored seniority. (kinda like cycle pilot did)
And regarding my last statement, it was a general statement on the whole notion of "fair" or "equal" or any other such descriptor in an entirely seniority based world using the context of currently discussed reserve. I find the concept of "fair" and "equal" a little contradictory to an entirely seniority based system. Kinda like alpa representing majors and regionals at the same time. Can't do it "fairly." One group gains flying, the other loses it. That was not a statement saying zero flying vs doing all the work is fair.
Do we seriously need to go through this again johnso? Actually, on second thought, please do me a favor and put me on ignore.
And before anyone accuses me of "pulling up the ladder" or such notion, I am still in the bottom 10% of the seniority list 12 years after hired.