Originally Posted by
gettinbumped
May I ask how senior you are at Delta? I'm guessing not terribly. I'm sure the "sign up" system is great for junior folks, but I think most of us are satisfied with our seniority system. I hope our (LUAL) MEC drops their request to change what has worked well for us all
Exactly. So you are late getting home because of delays, and there is only one flight to get you home. You get there and some new hire is traveling for "fun" and he signed up two days ago, but you couldn't have because you were supposed to be in 4 hours earlier, and you signed up for another flight (which pilots avoided trying to get on because they saw you had the seat even though you never showed us).
So you get to spend the night at the airport while someone junior to you gets to go to on vacation for a few days and visit friends.