C5 Mgt Won’t hire XJT?
08-29-2020, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnnyBekkestad
OO is not hiring at the moment so in that sense you are correct. But i do know that the people that are on property are still getting their pay based on prior experience. And once OO starts hiring again i would expect for the Soft Landings to resume again.
08-29-2020, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Hedley
Using your example, being that the neighbor was married 10 years, and you have only been married 5, when she moves in, she gets the master bedroom and you and your junior wife get bumped to the guest room.
08-29-2020, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Hedley
The newlyweds who were in the guest room get bumped out of the house. The bottom line is that a national seniority list, or dealing with two wives is just an idea that will never work.
10-04-2020, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Hedley
Another way to look at a national seniority list. If another airline failed, would others want those pilots coming to their airline in seniority order and bumping them down? As an example, would other regionals like it if the very senior pilots from XJT went to their company and took the senior slots? I doubt it. We all like to talk about industry unity until it affects us in a bad way, then all bets are off. A national seniority list is good from the prospective of people working for a failing company, it’s bad for the rest.
With a national seniority list, the difference between the most junior airline and the most senior airline would likely have been much smaller. Which means XJT might not have been shutdown. The entire industry would have a more stable labor cost structure and management would be forced to compete in other areas. Lateral moves would keep longevity about the same at all airlines.
Also, every start-up airline has a huge cost advantage because all their pilots start at bottom year 1 pay, no union and with a basic contract. This has a destabilizing effect on other, more established carriers.
That said, I agree with Tallpilot. This is more of an economic problem not a legal problem. It’s within the reach of pilots to minimize the problems of lateral moves but I’m also not holding my breath it’ll actually happen. After all, “I paid my dues and now you will have to pay yours” says the senior pilot, right?
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