Originally Posted by
rvfanatic
With all the Delta comparisons we are making this week, one seems absent. Seniority will get you one premium pay trip (green slip) at Delta, then you go to the bottom of the list so everyone can have a shot.
Unfortunately we eat our own here and this will probably never change. But the fact that the top 5% got to take advantage of the 300% pay in January while the rest didn’t see a single PP trip underscores the brokenness in our system.
Are there other companies that manage premium pay like we do?
I concur, one of the biggest changes here that needs to be made is to make things better for those junior in a category.
I know that seniority is essential here, but I think at United we've turned it into the idol to worship.
Seniority should have privilege, but it shouldn't be the end all be all.
We at United have the best opportunity for this type of change since once you can bid CA, you realize you don't really want to go to the bottom of a category again because it was so bad when you were hired.
Look no further than our inability to fill CA spots. This is the companies problem to solve, but in reality, pilots realize that there is always a reason we can't fill CA spots or WB FO spots.
I think that's an excellent resolution to bring up at an LEC meeting. You better bring your junior friends, because the senior mafia with nothing better to do will find out and show up in force to fight you.
Read up on "Robert's rules" before you go too, or you'll be laughed out of the meeting by the old timers because you didn't properly say "Point of order..."