Originally Posted by tom11011
Another change in addition to flattening the scales is to keep your longevity pay while changing airlines. You still go to the bottom of the list seniority number wise, but your pay is not tied to your seniority number. I don't know how you get airlines to agree to this
You won't.
But again, there are pluses and minus's to the union system. My wife recently changed jobs in the medical field. She was hired at a different hospital after 15 years at another hospital. She got a 3% raise to make the move, didn't have to start over. Sounds really good, but then again she is not afforded any true seniority, if there are layoffs she is probably the first to go because she is paid the most out of all her peers who do basically the same job but are younger and less experienced.
This is how most of the non-collective bargaining world works...including business aviation.
Your experience (and compensation level) is transportable, but there's not the protections afforded by a labor union.