Originally Posted by
joepilot50
I don't have an issue with iMAX in itself. But this seems to be a common thing people people love to do because items become perception whether it benefits senior or junior pilots and senior or junior pilots are evil and idiots trying to take everything for themselves( all depending on perspective of whether you're senior or junior). Saw it in the Age 67 debate where anti-67 people wanted to nuke LTD benefits just to screw the Age 67 people even though if they ever needed to be on LTD, they would be screwing themselves one day. You see it now with IMAX. IMAX has become synonymous with senior pilots and junior pilots see IMAX as screwing them to benefit the seniors and they are evil.
My only issue with IMAX is the methods. Playing trip hopscotch? fine. But using sick as part of their plan is partly why the company refuses to change the rules and give us more accrual. So here I get to enjoy burning over half my annual sick time on 2 sick calls and I only needed a day for both....... But I am not willing to nuke IMAX because of that.....
Everyone pointing out that the contract is full of provisions designed to prevent IMAX games are not anti-IMAX or necessarily want it abolished. Those provisions hurt everyone and need to be dealt with. Perhaps we can have our cake and eat it too.
I'm not anti-IMAX but I want a realistic appraisal of its benefits vs costs. APA is not a trustworthy source. These are the same people who claimed the buckets would act as a leveling system for reserves. Everyone who's been junior on reserve the past year knows that isn't true.
Sick time is a major issue for junior lineholders. Pairing construction limits are a major issue for reserves (they get the trash nobody else wants). OG is very rare which caps reserve income flexibility.
As I stated before this retirement wave is slowing down. New hires today will experience less movement and retire far more junior than those hired closer to the beginning of the wave. That doesn't mean don't come here or it isn't still a good job, but it absolutely means that the 'you'll be senior someday' zeitgeist will come to an end. QoL needs to be increased for all.