Originally Posted by Roadkill

I'm totally behind johnso on this one.
(edit-- the below isn't directed to APCLurker or anyone specifically, just generally)

We as a group are soooo beyond any possible explanation of fairness or justice with this "seniority rules everything" mentality. This seniority-pyramid scheme is like every other pyramid scheme-- it only works so long as new schmucks enter in at the bottom and float the previous schmucks upwards. There is little to no justification for it except "well I had to put up with it, now it's my turn to be king and yours to be defecated on".

The senior folks have enjoyed an absolutely unprecedented length and power of seniority with the age 65 ruling. But they perceive themselves as having not moved up from uber to Uuuuuber-senior, and so they feel justified in further scatting on the juniority. The junior schmucks have been subjected to unrelieved bottom-dwelling. The pyramid scheme has been broken.

Bidding the jet you want, in the base you want, is already such a huge benefit. Then you allow folks to get first pick of trips via PBS--another huge shifting towards unfairness and disparity of treatment from the old "line of time" method where at least the trips in a month were somewhat balanced. Then you give choice of vacations via seniority. Then you give non-revving based on seniority. Now you want MORE seniority on reserve? Wow...

The system doesn't HAVE to work this way, and seniority driving everything is NOT a given. Not everyone does it that way, and certainly in other labor groups or employee groups beyond flying it's not done that way.

While I don't have a workable alternative envisioned in perfect detail in my head, I do know that essentially asking that junior guys fill up most of their month before I had to lift a finger for work is equivalent to wearing a pink Delta hat with the words "Selfish Douche Clown" under the widget.