That's why I said "as a general rule." Of course there are exceptions to the rule, but the rule is that older guys have more commitments and can't move as easily as young guys can. I think it's a perfectly fair system. Sure, a young guy might have to move and that might suck a little bit, but pretty much every person I know from college has had to move for their job.

It could be worse. I could have been hired at Eagle in the '90's when the market was saturated with pilots, suffered through 9/11, high oil prices, and the worst recession in 80 years, all while flying schitty turboprops on food stamp wages and getting re-assigned bases 4 times. I try never to complain in the cockpit because it's likely that the guy in the left seat did suffer through all that stuff, meanwhile I've basically hit the jackpot. And at Envoy, it's likely that the old guy in the class has already gone through all that stuff as an Eagle pilot and is coming back because the market is better. So with all that being taken into account, yeah, I'm ok with letting the old guy get dibs.

No wonder they can't keep pilots.

They can keep pilots just fine. Thanks for your concern.

You're ok because you're 26. You're just happy to be a pilot in a airliner. Not everyone has your circumstance. Or in general...

Not keeping up with your posts but I assume youre with Envoy now. If "your other airline" was so great, what are you doing at Envoy?

Dude that's not what we're talking about here. We're talking about age in class. Most other places let you choose equipment or base. Since Envoy doesn't it should be more random vs age.

you left. or maybe you were fired, which really wouldn't come as a shock to anybody here considering your attitude.

Yes, that's the point. Most 26 year olds getting hired by the regionals are just happy to be a pilot in an airliner, so it doesn't make sense to give them priority over an old guy that has more stuff going on and needs greater flexibility/choices as far as base goes.

What are you talking about? You don't know anything about me.

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