Originally Posted by
Cyio
As for the CRJ issue, the list will simply slide down, pretty obvious what would happen. The CRJ's crews are mostly senior, so either they will displace over to FO on something else or will upgrade, something they may have been stalling on knowing this was coming.
As for the bumping people out of a base, well that's just the way things work in a seniority system, just like bumping someone down the list when you bid over into a new aircraft and are senior. Yeah it sucks for the person, but they will be able to bid back and one day it will be their turn to have that protection and seniority.
With all the forced upgrades, we will continue to see people moved up and down lists and potentially in/out of bases. Once the dust settles it should be more predictable. Lastly, a DEC should have known what they were getting themselves into by taking that deal. It has been warned all over this forum and they are not new to the industry, so you get what you got paid for.
I'm all for the seniority system, but it's far from perfect. Imagine this scenario.
You get hired on at a regional, your seniority number in class is either determined by your SSN, age or whatever. So Joe Blow is a couple months older than you or his SSN is higher, and is one number senior to you.
Joe Blow goes to the line and bids reserve a lot because he lives in base and likes the time off. Meanwhile, you are flying every trip you can get so you can upgrade as soon as possible. You get the required hours to upgrade to CA and do so, meanwhile Joe Blow only has 500 hrs. Joe Blow finally gets the remaining time to upgrade a year later and upgrades to CA, and bumps you from your base, although you've been a CA for a year now, and busted your ass to get there. Same class, upgraded much earlier, but still get screwed.