Originally Posted by Baradium

At DL you are explicitly forbidden from listing for more than one flight in a market. Not only that but there is a commuter policy and there is no help for being "proactive" that way (in fact you're also not allowed to list for flights you don't intend to take). Your scenario is nonexistent in a time of check in priority. It just means you don't get to show up last minute and bump the other commuter. The chaotic list seems to be the current UAL one where there isn't even a cutoff time.


While I applaud the attempts to equate this to abrogating seniority, it's not. There are many aspects of this career where seniority does not make a final determination. Pay for example is longevity, not seniority. While equipment choice can affect pay, a senior pilot doesn't make more than a junior pilot is holding more senior equipment at a worse schedule. I'm not aware of any airlines where senior deadhead crewmembers get a ticket to pick confirmed seats first. It is industry standard that the jumpseat belongs to the Captain, not the senior pilot and it is also standard (although through different methods) that seniority doesn't privilege you on the list if you show up 5 minutes prior to departure... unless you're at United.

All of these responses seem to be trying to reword "I like screwing over pilots who haven't been her as long as me" into "if you don't let me do it you're abrogating seniority." I guess having a close out time for nonrevs must be abrogating seniority too. Same thing for various pass priorities.

If this is the method that the UAL group wants to keep, that's on you. But the responses seem disingenuous at best in my view.