Originally Posted by
FangsF15
Why is that surprising? Those pilots are going to be stuck for years at the absolute bottom of the category, with nearly zero chance of even one junior bidder, much less any reasonable progress in seniority. That may be fine with some, but it shouldn't surprise anyone when others decide they value having some seniority (or a better commute) over 1-leg days and dozing for dollars (as great as that can be).
Yep, I’ve spoken with a few WB and NB B newhires and they figure they might as well make capt money if they’re junior. Considering how NB schedules are similar top to bottom and reroutes can mess up the good ones, they aren’t really far off base.