Originally Posted by
dracir1
No one said get rid of the union. But there should be a FLOOR of years of experience that once past, you can't be relegated to lesser positioning. Sorta like tenure. It's ridiculous to think that a 35 yr 777 CA could be a 737 FO just because his company went bankrupt. He/she should at LEAST go to the bottom of the CA list at the new company. What would be better if that person could get a 777 position (for familiarity/continuity). Seniority means nothing if it's only local.
In NO OTHER industry or country does this happen.
I was single digit captain in base at a ULLC, almost 3 decades flying, and went to the bottom at a legacy. I couldn't disagree more. Sure, it would have been nice to come in at 15% relative seniority. But why should I bypass people for the upgrade that have been there longer than ? Or only if the company goes bankrupt? So now you punish people that were smart enough to leave the sinking ship, and reward the people that didn't try to leave. Where do you draw the line, 10 years, 20 years? Seniority system $uc#$. But it is better than anything else.