Originally Posted by
Bwipilot
Relative seniority would hurt every pilot at SWA who went to SWA after leaving AAI as well as pilots who took the extra time to get hired at SWA instead of getting on at AAI earlier. Also, SWA senior pilots had a much larger percentage of retirements to look forward to in the near future. Relative seniority would shift that benefit to AAI pilots.
Very odd statement coming from a poster who's avatar notes that they're flying the same position making $16 less per hour than they were 10 years ago. Guys get hung up on seat/position.....
Bwi,
I don't want you to lose patience with me, but stick with me and tell me how those pilots who took the "extra" time to get on with SWA or who left Air Tran career expectations would be hurt by relative seniority. Career expectations can't be measured by, "I'm supposed to be senior to him." Their feelings might be hurt, but their career expectations would not. Pay and extra time to get to an airline don't matter to arbitrators.
More retirements at SWA? Ok. Now you are talking. How many more, percentage-wise? And could those increases have been offset by aircraft deliveries on the other side? That's a good area to explore.
Look, I'm really not picking sides, so please don't shoot the messenger. Say what you want about my pay, but to win a game you have to know where you are playing. In the arbitrators world, they don't really care about most of the arguments you guys are coming up with.
That reminds me, I have to change my avatar notes. We just got a raise and I'm only getting paid $9 an hour less now.
