Originally Posted by
fly1981
the US carriers are not ‘ expat orientated’ airlines, you can not compare them to cathay. Emirates, qatar( shortly...) Korean, asiana...even BA are going about it how ever they deem fit. Who knows how this is going to play out. I would be cautious basing your future plans on you position in the seniority order. Fact of the matter, they going to be looking at saving money, cos18 pilots at the bottom of the seniority list cost a fraction of what pilots half way up the list cost, and they do the same job.
To summarize, you're 39, DEFO and on Cos18 and you'd like the senior pilots to take the fall so you can remain employed, because you were happy to prostitute yourself to get the job and you're in fact doing the same job as a 12 years FO or maybe even a senior Captain, but from the other seat?
Wishful thinking. Maybe you should have thought before you quit your previous job to go to the bottom of a seniority list?
Maybe you should be the one with a plan B?