Originally Posted by Bwipilot

Guess it's time for another post.




With that warped sense of expected outcomes, all mid level FOs should quit their jobs immediately to go work for Virgin America and pray for a merger in three years time.

As delerious as you think I am, I think all the more of your ilk. Pilots should be able to make rational decisions, not try to play career advancement lottery. Applying relative seniority with two seniority lists with such different career expectations is ludicrous. NWA/DAL went relative since the expectations were similar. US/AWA went relative (to a degree) since the arbitrator thought the carriers had similar career expectations. That one's been hell because the US pilots significantly disagreed with the arbitrator's assessment.

The next year or two will be interesting--but don't expect SWA pilots to lie down and beg for relative seniority. As they say in old westerns, "Them there are fighting words!"