Originally Posted by
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Why is it bad to go out side seniority
Seniority system is the glue that holds an airline together, it's the only reason pilots stick with a particular airline. Once you have it you seldom want to give it up. If Virgin wanna go outside the seniority list it's a very slippery slope especially when Virgin pilots are already looking elsewhere due to hugely expired EPAs !!
The biggest problem with Virgin are the unions.... or lack of !!
That's rather a pilot-centric view of how an airline runs!
I think Virgin Australia has much larger (business-centric) problems at present!
Virgin Australia has been known to relax the type freezes when there are no suitable internal candidates.