Originally Posted by
rvfanatic
There’s the rub. If we are all going to have the same opportunities give or take a few seniority numbers, cool. But with the two year seat lock, one pilot can be in EWR on reserve for potentially the whole seat lock (maybe 1.5yrs if lucky) in a 756 while someone a year or two older in class has a line immediately on the coast in a 737/320 or bids to ORD/DEN/IAH and sits RSV.
Maybe I’m off base but I’m guessing new hires getting 756 at such a high rate is a new thing. Thus, this is a new phenomenon that requires a fresh look. Nobody is arguing the 756 is not a great jet, with great trips, at a great airline.
It’s just unfortunate to see such an objection to diversity of thought and new ideas. We don’t have to agree with each other on viewpoints but the mob mentality and character attacks (millennial, selfish, ungrateful) is concerning and does very little to move the ball forward.
I got hired in 1990. I was a 727 S/O in ORD as a new hire. I had a base trade while still in training to get DEN. It was not approved. As soon as my IOE was finished the bid awards came out and for the first time I am aware of they junior manned the bottom 40 pilots in ORD to upgrade to the 737 f/o seat involuntarily. I was at the bottom of that list since I finished my IOE a few days prior. It delayed me getting based in a DEN for 2 and a half years and I was the bottom 737-300 FO for almost 2 years. Was in inconvenient? Yes. Does commuting to reserve suck compared to being based at home? Yes. I didn’t **** and moan about it because I wanted the job and was thrilled to death to be here. If you can’t endure a few years sucking hind tit when there is massive movement going on while we speak, then maybe this isn’t the career for you.