Originally Posted by
⌐ AV8OR WANNABE
We all have choices and one of those choices is to pick an employer we want to work for... If 10 years down the road your choice turns out to be the wrong choice no one but you should be responsible for making that choice...
A National Seniority list would put the blame for your mistake on all of us and would make
us pay for
your mistake in the form of longer upgrades, worst schedules, etc, etc...
Not that long ago there was actually a National Seniority list in another country and no matter which airplane you flew once you were hired you had a 'countrywide' seniority number... The country of course was the Soviet Union and the airline was Aeroflot... Of course, to fly outside the country you also had to be a vetted Communist Party member to prevent defections... Heck, maybe soon we'll be heading in that direction too?
Back in the day (yes, I just said back in the day) Pan Am was the airline to work for. So was United at one time. Nobody hired then could have guessed that they would go the way they have. I understand your point,
but as I said before, the pilot group should not have to pay the price for an airline's mismanagement. Do you think Frank Lorenzo's living off of Ramen Noodles? Now what about the pilots he affected? They all got to apply at the bottom of the list at other carriers,
if they got on anywhere. Again - not the pilot's fault.
As for the USSR's NSL: I'm pretty sure the circumstances are different in the USSA. This wouldn't be a
government mandated list, but a list to protect the hard work and sacrifice of pilots across the country. I only want to have to live like this once, what about you?
No harsh words intended, just my assesment.