Originally Posted by
ben38uk
In BA, Date of Joining is key. Don't get hung up on waiting for a particular fleet as over your remaining career, your seniority number is everything.
Your lifestyle will depend on relative seniority within the fleet. I believe you get full fleet change bidding rights after the first five years.
Hope this helps
I have a question regarding the scenario you answered above. Im not sure exactly how the BA seniority systems works with regards to upgrades.
Say 2 pilots join at the same time with 3000 hours on the Embraer 145 from BMI.
One pilot is given seniority number 11 and joins SH as an FO on the A320 and the other pilot gets seniority number 12 and joins as an FO on the 787.
Both pilots get a seat lock for 5 years on their type and in that time both fly 3500 hours on the type they were assigned, 11 on the A320 and 12 on the 787.
After 5 years both pilots are free to move so 11 moves to LH on the 787 and 12 stays put on the 787.
They are now told they both qualify for upgrade, so who upgrades first, 11 with the higher seniority and no 787 experience or 12 with 3500 hours experience on the 787?
Seems crazy to me that 11 could potentially upgrade on a 787 before 12 just because of seniority.
However if 12 does upgrade first on the 787 what happens when 11 has experience on type and upgrades with regards to seniority?
Finally can a BA A320 captain join LH on the 787 as a captain?
Could someone please explain the different scenarios.