Originally Posted by
rickair7777
In the airlines we use seniority. Nobody is going to get to choose to get get special out-of-seniority schedules because they choose not meet the job requirements.
In the airlines if some destinations were to somehow ban age 60+ pilots, then those pilots would probably have to bid domestic or DNP. Unions wouldn't have it any other way.
We have seniority too (2400 pilots worth) but do not bid particular trips. We bid aircraft and our over-65 crowd routinely bid, and are awarded, aircraft whose primary mission is international. You show up for work and you can go anywhere from Anchorage to Aruba. Pure luck of the draw. Except they exclude our senior citizens from the trips destined for age limited countries. If they can make that distinction....