Originally Posted by
Proximity
In addition, additional fleet types means that if you like the junior fleet, you can enjoy high relative seniority in that seat. It took me almost six years to hit 50% seniority in a junior base which means a can barely hold weekday crappy east coast flying. My equal at United, ignoring the fact they could hold Captain, has much higher seniority in his seat and can hold all sorts of sweet island and HI flying.
I cringe whenever I hear someone hear say “well I don’t work at United because I don’t want to do long haul.” United doesn’t force you to fly the 777…they’ve ordered just as many MAXs as us and you can have a whole career there flying the thing if you like it.
Yeah same here. Guys that say stuff like that have one audience in mind...them. They are just trying to confirm their choice since they are locked in.
Honestly, it is just apples to oranges. A legacy carrier with several different fleets is just a completely different career for better and worse. SWA had a few years of growth during a difficult period in the legacy airlines that made it a great place to work back then. Unfortunately, that has changed but the company seems slow to grasp that concept.
Looking forward to a 2022 of growth and positive changes. Who knows, we may even get a contract in two or three years.