Originally Posted by
3Greens
ahhh but threat 20 year FO was a direct beniciary of seniority, in that his lifestyle as that senior FO was so good because he was so senior on his status list.
An amusing attempt to "snatch victory from the jaws of defeat" on the seniority argument: a 'beneficiary' of seniority when it was exactly that seniority situation that stifled his opportunities for promotion? Nice try!
Originally Posted by
hans brinker
I honestly have no clue how you can have a Union, but not seniority. ...
easyJet has active union involvement and does not use seniority.
Originally Posted by
hans brinker
... As far as the eternal “is it fair” argument: Maybe not, but it definitely isn’t fair for those in a well run company waiting for their upgrade to by be bypassed by people that took the early upgrade in a dodgy company.
From the easyJet recruiting website:
Minimum criteria:
– Type Rated Captains: minimum 4000 flying hours with 1000 PIC hours
– Non Type Rated Captains: minimum 4000 flying hours with 1000 PIC hours on jet aircraft over 30T MTOW
I would like to hear the response from those ex-Monarch captains who got jobs in easyJet after their airline went bust as I would like to hear the same comments from ex-Thomas Cook captains looking for jobs there when you imply that they might have
[taken] the early upgrade in a dodgy company.