Originally Posted by
LHS320
Has seniority had its day?
We stay loyal to a seniority based airline, and then the bean counters, squeeze the lemon to tight and then hundreds of experienced pilots hit the skids.
Experienced Captains and FO’s with thousands of hours scramble for jobs.
A captain then has to consider going to the bottom of a seniority based list behind a newbie from flight school and likewise for the experienced FO, or to head East to work in some sh1t hole. Or go through selection for a fictitious job, and swim for all your life in the hope that some HR bod will email you before you go skint.
Being loyal had its boundaries years ago but not now. Seniority for my money has had its day.
LHS 320
In short...YES...the sooner the seniority system dies the better for pilots worldwide. It’s a terrible system that belongs back in the 60s and 70s.