Originally Posted by Airhoss

With 14 years at UAL I've been a line holding 777 F/O and I've been an A-320 captain in between massive drops in seniority and equipment. I was projected to retire in the top 100. When I got surplussed off the 777 I was sent all the way back to the right seat of the Guppy. If you do the math on that it with the ERC it was a 72% pay cut. I then built all the way back up to the left seat on the Bus only to be slam dunked AGAIN to the right seat. I am now as Jr. as a guy can be and still hold 756 F/O in DEN my home domicile. I think that I am 5 or 6 from the bottom. My story isn't unusual there are many of us now JR. F/O's that once held 777 or even 400 W/B lines and or the left seat on a narrow body.

I was one of the lucky ones we had guys go from holding 400 and 777 F/O to the 100% pay cut program.

I can't see how people in my seniority range will have any resemblance of "career expectations" when this is all said and done. We've been at the end of the seniority dogs wagging tail for the last ten years. Our only hope is an SLI that doesn't slam dunk one side or the other and a prosperous growing airline. And that is exactly what we need to be focused on. The only way that is going to happen is through open lines of quality communication and keeping our emotions in check. This isn't going to go exactly like anybody wants it to. As they say if everyone on both sides is just a little pi$$ed off the SLI went well.