Originally Posted by
ancman
You could be senior today. It’s not some distant promise — it’s the current reality for much of the pilot group.
You voluntarily chose to upgrade with only a couple years on property, at a legacy carrier. While that’s a fantastic opportunity that most will never have, it’s also a decision that virtually guarantees low relative seniority for an extended time. The FO seat that you vacated is likely already considered quite “senior”.
Nobody is going to take pity on you and help you change the rules after you freely chose to give up seniority. There’s a good reason why others haven’t made the same choice.
Dude, stop trying to attack me via my upgrade. It doesn't make anything I said less true. I'm not throwing a pity party for myself. I'm highlighting the truth: As much as we wanna blame the company for this, you can't ignore the fact that no amount of hired schedulers will fix the bottleneck pilots are creating via slip usage. If you bought into the narrative that seniority entitles a few to implode the coverage ladder for the rest, them let's agree to disagree.