I know you left an airline that was supposedly so great.

 

That was a joke.

 

Get over yourself. It's an airplane. Does it really matter what one you get? Seriously? At the end of the day you're a regional driver, and just because your engines hang from the wings doesn't mean that your peers think your a superior pilot. I'm 35 and got the 145 and paycheck is the same as the guys on the 175 and nobody cares. SJS at its finest...

 

SJS? It's a difference between commuting to NY or driving to your hometown airport.

 

I said the class seniority was great because it was random.

 

Paycheck is NOT the same. You got an extra 5k....

 

Yes...and most of the 20 something year olds that make up the majority of the class have been flight instructing either at their college or some other joint where they're not originally from. They don't have a "hometown." Most of them are going to have to move regardless of the base they get, and most of them don't have wives, kids, mortgages, or other commitments that make moving tougher. So it's just common sense that the old guys that are more likely to have conditions that necessitate a certain base pick first and the 20somethings that are going to have to move anyway get the scraps. I would actually feel bad if a guy with three kids and a mortgage in a DFW suburb that really really needed DFW has to commute to ORD because I got randomly assigned to pick ahead of him and picked DFW when I can just pack all of my earthly possessions in a 4'x8' Uhaul trailer and am willing to move anywhere to live at base.

I get it, random is technically the "fairest" way to do it, but I think it's just good practice to go by age.

 

Please be sure to complain about this to your 20-year Captain who is doing involuntary TDY in NY, I'm sure they'll lend a sympathetic ear.

 

He can elect to flow now if he wishes.

 

I got hired almost a yr ago and all that was offered was the E175. I guess I gotz Lucky..