Originally Posted by
threeighteen
This is the worst advice ^^
1 class can make the difference between getting furloughed or not getting furloughed. For some, it made the difference between getting furloughed only once instead of twice. It can make the difference between holding WB CA, or not. It can make the difference when it comes to getting above the G line in the left seat of a widebody. It can make the difference between getting Christmas, Thanksgiving, birthdays, etc off.
Get there fast, take it slow. Take the first newhire class you can, then delay upgrade if you want, but don't delay the day that your seniority starts.
This is flawed thinking, guys and girls. For a minuscule, non statistically representative percentage of the pilots yes that one or two months will have made a difference. Yes, seniority makes a difference in a labor group seniority focused job. But I'm writing to a fellow senior military veteran who has already been through the grinder at some point. With all the growth and hiring, there will be people below you. If you're in your 40s when you come here, you're not really gonna enjoy much if any time in the left seat of a wide body anyway... and if you're an o-5 or above pension, why even bother with the long reserve slog in the left seat of any airframe. The one thing you WILL give up with certainly is another summer. You did 20 plus years, and KUDOS, brother!!! Give yourself that.