Originally Posted by Zoomie

Pilot goodwill would be worth more if pilots had the ability to move to greener pastures. Seniority means so much in this industry, but instead of minimizing it, we always make it more and more important. If pilots had the ability to move to another company without decimating one's career, we'd have a lot more leverage when it comes to negotiation time.

Unfortunately, we are in an industry that has "done things this way" for so long, we can't imagine things being done differently. In addition, most people at the top seniority have had to go through this really ****ty system, so to change courses now would require an insurmountable task.