Originally Posted by
TheMitigator
Guess you quickly scanned my post, looked for what you were looking for and completely missed the point on that one. Just like you did with the TA apparently. They wont be able to transfer as easy as every other pilot has for the last 30 years.
Patently false. I was hired in 2000. By 2014, I was ~95% on the seniority list. Moving between bases has never been easier than the present. Where do you people come up with this absurdity?
Originally Posted by
hummingbear
You’re kind of missing the point. By forcing more new hires into EWR/SFO, the company reduces the long-term need in other bases. So those seats in IAH, MCO, etc, that would otherwise be going to more senior pilots dry up in favor of more coastal positions getting assigned in BI. This would be a long-lasting shift, as allows the company to optimize its preferred staffing balance.
So no, it’s not just, oh no, the NHs won’t get their base preferences, it’s that fewer of us will get our base preferences because the NHs will do our current flying out of the bases we don’t like for cheaper.
This is a really stupid post.
You're fairly new to the industry. Stop pretending you're an expert. Times have never been better as far as getting your base of choice. And even if the company sends more pilots to SFO/EWR, it will still be easy to get to your desired base.