Originally Posted by
chignutsak
So, it's more rational to give up hundreds of seniority numbers, because base? How about something happening that would stop everything in its tracks, and furloughs begin. Someone gets to still remain employed, and someone else one number below him gets to be homebased for many years.
But nothing could go wrong, right?
Something could go wrong in any plan. Also add to the equation the number of younger pilots hired at DAL/UAL compared to AA and the resulting relative seniority a late 30s new hire today would have at the end of their career and the decision becomes even murkier.