Originally Posted by
sailingfun
If you were hired in 1980 you are going to fly hundreds of times to not get on a flight because someone senior bumps you and it’s the last seat.
A few years ago (2018-2019) I frequently saw active status 197X DOH employees on my commute, none of them were ever pilots.
On a couple occasions I saw WB As on that route who could not get FC while 2-3 people senior to them did.