Originally Posted by
BlueSkies
Wait, what? Can you give more details on this? (Not doubting, just never heard anything about this before)
How did that even make sense, aren't senior guys way more expensive than junior guys?
It's one of the LOLs in the bankruptcy era. The were referred to as PRPs (post retirement pilots). The basically came back at the bottom of the seniority list but in their seat/equip at retirement. The argument was to save training costs.