Originally Posted by
Flyboy68
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.
That pilot is potentially getting screwed too, because the only way the senior pilot would displace a junior pilot is if they get displaced themselves. So just because they in the base they can hold doesn't mean they aren't like wise being screwed. That's the envoy way nowadays.
Now in a regular system where the pay disparity between FO and captain actually makes it worth while to upgrade and sacrifice QOL. That junior pilot could get awarded a seat that isn't available again for months or a year. The senior pilot can't then jump into that seat until there is a vacancy for it and likewise no displacements unless a displacement bid is run. So busting your hump to upgrade could pay off even more. But thanks to this FO displacement crap instead of better pay we can't rely on that. Envoy your day.