Originally Posted by dracir1

Maintaining individual carrier identity and contracts are fine w/ me. But, we already pretty much have a consensus on aircraft type pay and there really are only 4 airlines (with most if not all of the rest headed toward consolidation). So, it really wouldn't be that hard nor bad timing to implement.

Step 1. Every CA at an ALPA carrier (and rumor has it AA is making the switch) is assigned a GLOBAL seniority #. ALPA 00001 pilot goes to whomever was hired first (tie goes to the older person) and so on. This seniority # is ONLY granted to existing CAs or after upgrade sim check.
Step 2. Upon next CBA negotiation, each ALPA carrier contract would require a clause/paragraph w/in the scope section that allows (not requires) for each carrier to hire/acquire pilots not currently w/ the company but currently on the ALPA seniority list and utilize them as CAs. That clause would need provisions that would ensure existing FOs continue to upgrade at a "predetermined" rate.

This would "normalize" our industry to other domestic non-aviation as well as forein aviation industries. It would incentivize FOs to upgrade at 1st opportunity. But most importantly, it would preserve/utilize the CA skillset to its fullest in the case of airline merger or failure.

The only downside is the implementation of it for the EXISTING FOs at ALPA carriers. That's a lot of pilots and while it wouldn't PREVENT them from upgrading, it could potentially delay it.