Originally Posted by
TED74
I suspect you're on an island with this opinion, Sink r8. Let's not forget that the entire airline system - seniority - has almost nothing to do with deserving anything. It's all about time on property. Time on earth (the reciprocal of time left with the company) is most analogous to the rest of airline career determinants. It's the only deciding factor that most (yourself excluded) at least think has some logic and purpose behind it. Basing seniority on performance on a cog test makes even less sense (to me) than the randomness of SSN.
I'll stipulate to your assertion that I'm in the minority on this one. I just want us to be clear: when we use age, we ARE, by definition engaging in age discrimination. I recognize the argument for it, and it's probably as logical as any other system, but it IS age discrimination. Which is the reason it was successfully challenged.
I think the main reason it endured as long as it did was tradition.
Again, none of this affects me either way.