Originally Posted by
texaspilot76
As much as we don't like to hear it, the author of the article is right. We are slaves to the seniority system. The seniority system needs to be eliminated. Schedules and pay should be based on job performance. I should be able to go market myself to other employers for better pay. It should be just like any other job in corporate America. Seniority keeps us trapped at one company even though we might not want to be there.
Get rid of seniority. Let the applicant negotiate his salary at time of hire. Base his promotion and pay off of performance evaluations.
How do you measure your greatness your highness..!
In this industry you only see you boss when you're in trouble. So how can you boss evaluate you when he never sees you. I show up for my specific show time, punch my ID number into the computer, find my crew the move on my way. I never see my boss and dont want to.
If we didnt have seniority system one would have to brown nose his/her to the top or screw his/her way to the top. There is no way for your boss to evaluate how you compare to the other pilots in you company. If you want to base that your greatness on on-time performance, well sometimes on-time performance is out of our control. Should i loose d
emerits because i pushed back from the gate late due to bags, flow, late airplane, passengers connections and arrive at my destination late. These things we cant control so how can we be evaluate on things to get points from for a promotion and such..
You also mention customer service. Should we walk around with eval card in our pockets to give to a customer everytime we help them find the C gate or baggage claim. (God's gift to this company help me from getting lost in this terminal, give him a raise.) This is your job, why should you get praised for helping an old lady in the jetway. Thats what you were hired for and you should want to do that without extra incentives..