Originally Posted by
CBreezy
I think the hard part with those "computational algorithms" is that it punishes guys who were stuck in the lost decade and at the wrong airline. Did you get hired at a regional, upgrade and then get downgraded keeping you as an FO for 7 years? Well, I guess you were too lazy. The lost decade has and continues to punish people based solely on timing. Yes, it does "look bad" to have quite a few flight school failures in college and then spend 6 years in the right seat. If you are a LCA and union volunteer, and a captain, majors should be knocking on the door over 24 year olds with a few years of experience and good connections. Such is the world.
Agreed. So many people got stuck in place at no fault to their own. Yet Delta and others seem to love the 24-26 year olds who graduated into this unprecedented hiring spree, thus have been really lucky with timing and, esecially, those who just happened to pick regionals with good movement for quick upgrade. I remember the Delta hiring brief at WIA this year where they mentioned they were so 'impressed' by all the qualifications their 23 and 24 year old new hires had obtained at such a young age.
