Originally Posted by
DownAndDirty
I can't imagine any young FO here would follow the dangling seniority carrot to AA/DL/UA after the past year. Sure, we were threatened with a furlough, but I think most will agree that was just posturing to get more cash from Congress. I think everyone else would also agree that we're more stable than any of the other majors and that we're on the offensive, adding new destinations almost monthly now. Sure, sitting on my ass on widebody reserve sounds great, but there's no chance in hell I'd take that chance and move to the bottom of the seniority list of a less stable airline.
It only takes one more Indonesian Max going for a swim at .89 Mach when we have 300 of them on property to really put us in a bad spot. There are guys very aware that the single fleet type is no longer a strength.