Originally Posted by Scoop

FB,

The stagnation has been very, very frustrating for most of us. Hopefully we will all start moving up - I am at 15 years and still a NB FO (by choice) and would love for this movement to continue.

Yes Sailing and Alfa often take a very positive look at things but that is OK. They have been here longer than most of us and have a lot more history to draw from.

I am just as frustrated when I see guys who have been 6 or 7 years complain how unfair the reserve system is. Reserve used to be 100% seniority weighted. Then seniority was totally removed, and now it is partially weighted - in my opinion a very good compromise system that could still use some fine tuning (SC assignments in particular).

My perspective is not unique - many 1999 and 2000 hires saw a couple of great years, followed by furlough, BK, and the slow crawl back.

I don't always agree with the guys you refer to - Sailing, Alfa, etc, but I do appreciate that they have seen everything we have seen at DAL plus one or two more up and down cycles and so they often have the best perspective on many issues.

Scoop