Originally Posted by
ExperimentalAB
Mesa? Read UND's post one more time there, junior...I'm lousy seniority in base here and I'm still enjoying 80 hours and 17 days off in August. The best part is my time at home is mine. I could pick up over 100 hours credit like usual and still hold 14 days off, but at least I have the choice not to.
ExperimentalAB, where are you at and when did you get hired?
Back the thread, if seniority is everything, why would someone want to spend another year in a C172 when it takes 1000 TPIC to apply for the majors and nationals, where someone would want to have the earliest seniority number possible? The stepping stone regional & CFI jobs are wasting time if not on the shortest possible path to 1000 TPIC. You might not get hired at the dream job even with 1000 TPIC, but the answer is a definite "no" until meeting the mins.
If, hypothetically, a pilot were to survive Mesa for a year without getting fired, frustrated, furloughed, or the 1000 TPIC, wouldn't they be around to fight for block or better, commuting clause, and some other QOL improvements to go from industry lagging to industry leading? Or is fighting for something you want not allowed at the regional pilot level?
Maybe the fat girl likes it in the rear knowing she's going to be giving it in the rear soon.