Originally Posted by
27/09
Ok, Understand where you're coming from now. Agreed.
I guess the ex Air NZ pilot if they really wanted the other job could resign and thus relinquish any claim to a seniority spot. After all for some pilots there will be better opportunities outside of the Koru, depending on personal circumstances (age, family, location etc), and the progression opportunities etc at the new employer relative to the Koru job.
You can’t resign from a position you don’t have. A pilot made redundant from Air NZ has the right of recall in order of seniority. The best they could do is relinquish that right and ask Air NZ for a letter saying this had happened. But why would you? No one else will be hiring for ages and once they start you’d probably be close to going back to Air NZ anyway.