Originally Posted by
rdneckpilot
Many pilots are too selfish and pompous to ever allow any type of national seniority list.
True. The subject has been raised at least twice at ALPA and shot down both times. Once was when Eastern and Pan Am were going down, but USAir, United, Delta and NWA didn't want senior pilots moving in above them. The second was after 9/11, but it failed for the same reasons. No one wanted a bunch of sour USAirways pilots moving in above them.
Now the problem is that many of the regionals and smaller airlines have large groups of senior pilots. Delta doesn't want Comair pilots moving into the middle of their seniority list and American doesn't want the Eagle pilots doing the same.
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Originally Posted by
dh05z28
What if the FAA implemented a seniority based license system. i.e. each 5 years you get a new "bar" or whatever on your ATP license.
A good idea. It requires a little bit of going back to the days of regulation. Having the FAA dictate how the airlines do business is a form of regulation which the airlines would fight just as hard as they are fighting new duty time regs and flight time requirements.