Originally Posted by
1Seat 1Engine
One more time, relative seniority harms every pilot at every position of the SWA seniority list.
Any arbitrator will see that.
They will also recognize that at relative seniority, SWA pilots are THE ONLY LOSERS. Airtran pilots risk and lose nothing.
As a junior SWA FO, I'm not interested in becoming an instant captain as a result of this SLI, but I will exercise all means available to make sure that additional roadblocks are not placed in my career progression.
Anything close to relative seniority puts so many younger guys ahead of me that my career expectations will suffer. The demographics of these two airlines are vastly different.
At the same time, what is the cost and risk being borne by the Airtran pilots?
1 seat,
You guys keep asking the same question, "what are the Air Tran pilot's losing by getting relative seniority?" And I guess you are getting mad because you aren't getting the response you want.
The Answer: Air Tran pilots lose nothing by getting relative seniority. That's the point. They will be in the same relative position that they were in before.
Now, how about answering the flip side (which I have been asking for days.) What do you lose in a relative seniority list with Air Tran.
I'm begging you or Bwi or anyone else to explain to me how 737 pay at the 30% spot on the current SWA list is different than 737 pay at the 30% spot on a ratio/relative list with Air Tran pilots...... (Please, don't say, "I've told you already."
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If you can't cite a different pay rate, you've got problems.
It's quite possible you guys shot yourself in the foot when you agreed to the same pay for the 737-800. (A higher pay-rate for the -800 would have led to a better argument.)
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