Originally Posted by
Dash8Pilot
DOH isn't the fear. Loss of domiciles is the big fear. Perhaps this could be mitigated with fences.
As for your question about upgrades with a relative seniority list, just consider a scenario where the airline gets 20 aircraft, resulting in 100 new captain spots. On a list where you are 400 away from the junior captain, you will get about 25% closer to the left seat. On a combined list where you are now 1,200 away, you move a whopping 8.3 %.
Management is very good at dangling carrots and hinting at future growth. Many pilots have bought into. If you think growth is just around the corner (as many at SKW do) and are junior, you don't want a combined list.
You assume that those 20 aircraft go to skw instead of Asa. But I don't blame you for assuming that. So much for unity. Doesn't surprise me at all that some are okay enabling Inc to continue this whipsaw. We are all one company. There is absolutely no reason why one set of employees should benefit more than others. Anyways, if there is one list, not only would there probably be fences, but Inc would never go for anything that would cost them money, which I agree with. There won't be aircraft or base displacements becuase that will cost training and moving expenses. After the fences expire, pilots would be able to hold vacancies which their seniority can hold.