Originally Posted by RyanP

How long have you been in this business?

20-30 seniority numbers was the difference between me getting displaced out of my base before. It was the difference between me getting downgraded and not holding onto a CA seat twice, losing THOUSANDS of dollars/month while I sat in the right seat instead, not getting TPIC time. It makes the difference of getting weekends off, getting the vacations you want, If I was 30 numbers senior I wouldn't be stuck with this POS 0400 sim schedule every time I go through long term because I could bid what I wanted. Once you flow since the class will be filled with other people as well it will be the difference of like 80 people for the rest of your career at AA, with them bidding things you wanted but you can't get, all because of a stupid decision to hold out for the 175.

Seniority controls EVERYTHING. I am still kicking myself over a decade later for not starting one month earlier here when I had the opportunity because it has screwed me over more times than I can count not being 30 numbers senior. My friend 10 numbers ahead of me, every month without fail, always gets what I wanted to bid,or gets the weekend off I wanted, if I was senior to him that wouldn't happen.

Yeah, the 175 guys might get it better initially for a while, but long term it's a stupid choice. What happens the next displacement bid comes out as 145's shrink and 175 grows. I have been displaced 5 times at this airline. Displacements and bases opening/closing are a part of airline life. They will displace pilots off the 145 in DFW, guaranteed at some point as we take on more 175's, that guy that sucked it up will be senior to everyone of the 175 wannabe's and he can potentially displace them out of their seat and take it from them kicking them out to another base onto another fleet potentially. Lol

Who is the idiot now?