Originally Posted by
tsquare
I am asking the most junior guy on this board right now: Since it is apparent that there will be no hiring for the forseeable future, would you like to have the potential opportunity to be able to fly the 777/747/330/7ER... on reserve.. as you are now... or would you rather be shoehorned into the DC9 right seat.. like you are now? Yup.. QOL might be the same.. but opportunity might be better for that guy. It's not ALL about the money.. but I could be wrong.
T, you seem to be asking a question here but didn't you answer it yourself? There are pluses & minuses to any system - you try to create a balance that works for everyone. Certainly, if you are a new hire (in the last 1-200 hired) and we stop hiring, you know the pain involved in that. Every AE/Displacement bid subjects you to yet another different base that you don't want. OTOH, you do have a job (one of the better ones available) and you are "living the dream." What may be desirable for those pilots at that point in their career, may not be the best for them long term. Historically, DALPA has tried to apply that principle. I know we don't all agree on how to accomplish that, but that is at least partly the reason that QOL does suffer for junior pilots in every category.