Originally Posted by
buscappy
ya know, I read a lot of posts by folks who are apparently junior whining about having to be near the airport on reserve and about having vaca days overlap days off etc etc
and I can't help myself jumping in and pointing out how silly it sounds. because, yes, it sucks to be junior in a seniority-based career. and some geniuses get on forums from their crash pads and think it's logical to assert that the pains of being junior "need to be fixed in the next contract" even though all of airline history tends to show that yes it sucks to be junior.
anyway.. all the crashpad sitters can jump back online and blast away. enjoy
^^^THIS^^^ The golden question is "when will the music stop" and you get the seat/fleet/domicile your in... because it will come eventually again. There are a lot of mid-level seniority pilots also pushing the envelope and bidding seats/fleets (for pay) and being on reserve again... and then complaining how bad reserve is! The beauty of this seniority based system is that YOU are the only one to blame. My only caveat is new hires with less than a year on property... they generally don't have a choice. Reserve can use some improvements... but as a WB reserve guy... I'm not wanting our negotiation team to spend too much (spend some) on reserve improvements... spend them on items that benefit the majority of the pilots who are line holders.