Originally Posted by
Bainite
A lot of us got an extra five years near the bottom of the seniority list making post-bankruptcy FO wages. I spent over 15 years in the bottom 25% of the list, and 20+ years in the bottom half. Couldn't hold the left seat for the first 16 years. Compare that to pilots hired after 2014.
And I was one of the lucky ones who didn't get furloughed.
I was in the exact same situation. I got to upgrade twice at Delta! Merger and age 65 got me kicked out of the 737A seat back to 757/767B for another 5 years.