Originally Posted by
BlueMoon
You don't do DOH, you do relative seniority. Our senior guys would be PO'ed...but oh well. Being an FO, who was getting near an upgrade before this recent mess started, I would lose out quite a bit...but still relative seniority is the only fair way. I wouldn't think of asking for DOH...I am not that guy.
Roughly two thirds of the Mesaba pilots (and 80% of Compass pilots?) have been hired in the last 1.5 years. If we go relative seniority, a 5-year Comair FO (hired 2003) would be right seat next to a 2007-hire Mesaba or Compass Captain. Fair is fair, right?
I think we (and Mesaba's top 400) should get some kind of credit for "time served" during the buttrapes both pilot groups took in 2006/2007.
Then again, I'm sure the 600-hour kid who hired at Mesaba last July (and will upgrade this year) would consider it fair to push one of Comair's 12-year Captains back onto reserve.