Do you not see how that is bringing down your wages and value as an airline pilot?

No, I don’t see that at all…

For example, what's better for you, a 40% paycut, or 80% paycut if you have to start over?

So you are saying I should plan my professional life on other ‘more experienced’ pilots (usually meaning they're good buddies with the CEO, the chief pilot, etc.) getting in front of me just because that’s the right thing to do, right?

The management can port their "skills" and rape and pillage various airlines, and leave you holding a bag because you're restricted by "seniority" and NOTHING ELSE matters to you. Because of that mentality... you are a number, you are a liability, you're a union monkey...

Ok, one could also argue that because of the way you think you must be the management’s monkey…

Here's another reason - union pilots forget it's about people/cargo, etc. I'm one of those who says that "EXPERIENCE" and not seniority should control many aspects - pay being one of the most important ones. If you are a 2000 hour RJ pilot... I'm sorry, but if Sully comes to your airline, THE CUSTOMER, be it passenger or cargo or VIP, deserves the best qualified pilot being in charge. Do you think you serve customer needs the best with a seniority system that's built entirely around the date of hire? I don't. Here's another one - personal experience.

Several years flying Boeings, regional captain before that.... my airline goes under. Should I fly for 20k again? I'm sorry... I value my professional worth a little more than that, and as a result, I get paid appropriately for my experience, not for my date of hire.

Absolutely! Apparently your experience didn’t help you in deciding which airline had the highest probability of survival… You took a gamble and now you want others to pay for your mistake? Don’t think so…

Tomorrow my airline might be next on the chopping blocks but I won’t expect to be hired ahead of others at my ‘new’ airline just because I made the wrong choice in the past...

I didn't and don't have to kiss anyone's butt. I negotiated my contract, and I take pride in being a PROFESSIONAL and getting paid as one.

Ok, so you want 3,000, or better yet 12,0000 pilots (Delta) to individually negotiate their salaries? Wow, that’ll take some time…

As a union pilot, how can you demand to be treated like a professional when you're just a number whose worth is determined not by experience or some other measurement, but only by date of hire? In other words... why should anyone pay you or treat you like a professional when you, yourself, don't treat or regard yourself or your peers as professionals in a true sense?

The difference between you and I is that you actually believe in what the management tells you…