Originally Posted by
R57 relay
One more thing ups. You write about F/Os being 55% of the group and having power under block. It's true that they are 55%, but within that 55% there is a huge difference in seniority. Think of the difference in numbers between E190 F/O and 777 F/O. And with those differences come different wants. A min calendar day would be huge to a 190 F/O, of no value to a 777 F/O.
Your exactly right about the seniority range of FO's.
But wouldn't a min calendar day be very important to a mid seniority range Captain who is in a different block? So that's not just a block issue.
That's the problem, even within the block there are diverse interests as illustrated by your example.
I get your point but what I foresee is that block representation does not resolve the problems of APA that was first brought up. How does adding more complexity resolve the prices?
Just to be clear, I did not write FOs have power under "block representation" I wrote they have power "voting as a block".
If it's not an FO issue but a junior issue then they have power to vote as a "junior block". How many of your concerned FO's have run for a position?
Imagine if every pilot in the bottom third of the seniority list in PHL, MIA, LGA voted as a block for a junior pilot running for domicile officer. That pilot would win by a landslide due to common apathy from the other two thirds pilots.
It's about unity. If we cannot unify around a simple issue like floating vacation it doesn't matter what we do, we're doomed.