So in 10-15 years when I want to return, I already think it's unfair that because I chose to expand my horizons and gain different experience, that I should be discriminated against just because Joe Smith has flown the Sydney-Gold Coast route 2 million times.
The seniority system locks out experience and doesn't acknowledge what someone with extensive experience could bring to an airline.
Why don't they have a system which promotes on performance and experience, rather than just who's been there the longest?
Morno, there are a good many people who joined an Australian airline in their early 30s, having already racked up thousand of hours in all sorts of aviation. Those pilots are now in their 50s, and still unable to get an East coast command. If you think you should be given any sort of preference over them on the basis of either experience or performance, then I’d suggest you’re being a bit presumptuous.