The biatch of it is that I am about 85 from the bottom. For the past 2 bids I have wanted to plumb. Our contract does not allow this. I have called the office and someone tried to explain to me why but I just don't get it. How does me not being allowed to downgrade preserve seniority? These scenarios surely weren't thought out. I offered to the IPA and company to plumb so that a guy that didn't want to, junior to me, didn't have to.

I love my job, this is where I always wanted to work and can't imagine anything else. One poster above says this is the worst he can imagine. I have truly had a gravy boat experience as an airline pilot. When I was 18 I said I wanted to be a UPS pilot by the time I was 30. I was such an idiot, I had NO CLUE how lucky I would have to be to pull that off. Some how, it happened. I worked for Continental Express in 2001. There, for 2 years, I moved backwards. My upgrade was delayed over 2 years. When things turned around I couldn't keep track of the jumps in my seniority. I just have to shake my head that it is happening again to me. I look back and am so thankful that I had job, for one, enough guys behind me to keep me flying, and the right attitude to deal with what came at me each morning.

I might be naive , not experienced enough to fly international, or just too young to know better to some on here. I will say this though, we all have stuff we can complain about. Really, does anyone listen when we do complain? Lets just keep our heads up and be appreciative of what we have.