Originally Posted by
c173
Why don't those 55+ year old senior captains give up the 40ft retirement yacht and retire a couple of years early with plenty in property, super etc?
Those at the bottom of the seniority lists are the ones that will suffer the most in this crisis. Most have young families, fresh mortgages and started flying at a young age with little/no other skills .
There is always two sides to this. Those 55 year+ Captains have only got a couple of years left and are unlikely to get hired anywhere else, and the new guys have got another 30 years in them and are way more hireable.
Seniority is a double edged sword. Without it, cronyism and nepotism creep in, with it everyone gets a crack at the top jobs, even the ones who struggle with their checks.