Originally Posted by
CatIIAutoLand
I have friends at Legacy airlines that are still in initial training and have better seat seniority than I will have at the conclusion of this bid. Been here 2 yrs so far. And no, I couldn't bid on this current bid, so I'm stuck in the seat I was assigned in BI. I'll be going backwards in seniority for the foreseeable future.
There may not be an exodus from the top, but I think the one from the bottom is starting to happen. With the big changes coming to our system form, our porous scope, shrinking airline, and enhanced efficiencies which reduce QOL and commutability the reasons to be here are rapidly diminishing.
I wasn't asking for an 18 mo upgrade, but I'd certainly like the option to upgrade sooner than the 10+ yrs it currently looks to be.
Going backward in seniority is not fun ever. It wasn’t fun when I got hired and pushed into a lower paying seat. Upgrading at over 10 years seemed like a good deal at the time. Losing 15% in my seat now at almost 17 years on property is still not fun. Timing sometimes doesn’t work in our favor. Sounds like you were hired when all of our expectations maybe got a little out of sync with historical norms. Some of your buds just a few months and a few 100 numbers senior to you will have a very different experience than you will. It’s life. Sorry..I feel that frustration. I’ve been on the backside of a hiring wave here too but in the big picture it’s not been bad. Could always be worse. In this industry if you always chase the new shiny object you’ll never be senior and that will impact your QOL and career earnings. Spend less time here on socially backward media and it will hurt less. Just my 2 cents. From one catfish to another 😜