Originally Posted by
TalkTurkey
What he points out is a tremendously self-centered sentiment...but it is in most cases quite factual. The only way to change this fact is for senior dudes to take the top spots in the new bases and fleet type. Well there's no chance of that, is there? By the way, I'm new here so i'll choose my words carefully. What is all the talk about another fleet?
Self-centered? I'm sorry, did you delay your start date so that someone junior to you could have better seniority? No? Well, that's awfully self-centered. Will you not bid a schedule or vacation so that someone junior to you can have something better? No? Well, that's awfully self-centered. Will you bypass upgrade so that someone junior to you can have the seat and pay sooner? No? Well, that's awfully self-centered.
Everything that we do when exercising our seniority is self-centered. Every pilot will bid what is best and attainable for them with no regard for those junior to them. That's how seniority works. We don't begrudge those senior to us nor do we fail to exercise our own for those junior. Wanting to improve the QOL for all of those on the list is not self-centered. If you read my reply you'd see that I addressed diluted QOL for junior Captain's and for First Officers. A rising tide lifts all boats but we need that tide in the same ocean.