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Take away even a few, the senior guys will just go to their 2nd, 3rd, 4th....or 20th choice. Every pilot below them will get fewer choices.
This is precisely what happens when a certain bidpack loses a cherry city to another bidpack. This is precisely what happens when Double-Deadhead Hotel Standby Lines are removed from a bid pack. This is precisely what happens when we stop hiring, and senior guys go back to bidding and holding their hometowns. The senior guys will remain senior, and find the best deals!...
Exactly! Any and all concessions affect 100% of the crewforce. It might affect you indirectly depending on your seat and seniority, but a concession will ripple through the system and degrade your QOL. Originally Posted by DLax85
Additional constraints on what anyone can bid will absolutely negatively affect every pilot on the seniority list. Why? Because senior pilots will always choose the best deals!Take away even a few, the senior guys will just go to their 2nd, 3rd, 4th....or 20th choice. Every pilot below them will get fewer choices.
This is precisely what happens when a certain bidpack loses a cherry city to another bidpack. This is precisely what happens when Double-Deadhead Hotel Standby Lines are removed from a bid pack. This is precisely what happens when we stop hiring, and senior guys go back to bidding and holding their hometowns. The senior guys will remain senior, and find the best deals!...
If BPT Pay were to go away or bidding those lines were restricted in any way, we will ALL feel the pain. Not just the senior FO's who are bidding for those sweet deals. Obviously hoping this rumor is completely false (although the way the NC avoids answering the question directly is cause for concern).
What is likely happening is that the NC is already exhausted, physically and emotionally. They are ready for the pain of the marathon to stop and are just looking for the "Finisher" shirt instead of looking to get on the fking podium. To that end, the Sales Job for the TA will have to involve hiding or minimizing/downplaying concessions. Something you will hear from other pilots, and even the NC is: "those sweet lines are only for the super senior FO's, so it really won't affect you to lose XYZ in our CBA." WRONG! All those super senior FOs who have stayed in those seats for this specific reason, will be bidding out to a seat that will affect you, and me - all of us. The same applies to any other concessions, don't fall for the "it won't affect you and I" BS.
Don't be distracted by the Payrates! QOL is what will keep us alive and healthy to enjoy the buck$ we have made. Without QOL, all that extra $ will mean nothing - you'll be too fatigued or dead too early to enjoy it.