Originally Posted by
awax
The current system allows pilots to list prior to the flight and be displayed in seniority order. What’s the mystery?
If you’re number 3 with 2 pilots senior checked in for the jumpseat, guess what!?
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The mystery is the senior pilot who doesn’t LIST until inside a half an hour prior to push. Had the senior pilot listed, the junior pilot could have taken an earlier flight, or turned it into a 2 leg commute and gone through a different hub.
I get the way seniority works, and that everybody will have their turn at the mic.
I don’t expect, but I appreciate crew that looks out for other crew. Primary examples include: listing ahead of time, coordinating if its possible for the senior person to take a seat in back, and making sure nobody got left behind with open seats.
The ship has already sailed on a FCFS, that aint going to happen. I will stand my spot in the back of the line; however, I really appreaciate it when the senior people telegraph their intentions... This way I can adjust my plan.