Originally Posted by
Maria80386
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.
Seniority is everything as long as its at a company worth being. If you just jump ship in a year for whatever reason, it's meaningless. You start all over again. And its that same mentality that "oh, this is just a stepping stone. I'm gonna be gone from here soon anyway why should I care about anything but growth" that will hold you back when its time to improve the contract. The company will spout off all kinds of doom and gloom about how paying more and QOL improvements will ruin the company, bring growth (and upgrades to a halt), blah blah blah. And all the noobs will run scared and vote for whatever is going to help them now. It's only a stepping stone, right?