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Originally Posted by A320
(until at least the “seniority is everything” crowd retires)
once they all retire and you are finally senior I'll bet you won't be so interested in giving up priority based on seniority.
You are entitled to your opinion and I’m entitled to my own. I agree that seniority is the system this industry was built on and it should have its perks. But I don’t agree with the attitude of I ate a sh!t sandwich so everyone behind me should too. That sh!t sandwich sure will taste good when you’ve been here for 20+ years.
When it takes 30 seconds to pull out your phone and list for a jumpseat and there is an abundance of technology out there that can implement seniority driven solutions like BlueScholar mentioned, there’s no reason why someone junior to you should drag themselves to the airport just to get bumped at the last second with limited options to get to where they need to go. Sure, buy a ticket, but that’s not going to happen when double digit seniority guy shows up to the podium 10 minutes before the flight.
This attitude is also why we still lag behind our peers with QWL provisions and the company able to work us into our days off. I am in no way trying to weasel my way around seniority, but there are a lot of things out there that we don’t have and won’t get because “that’s the way it’s always been.”