Originally Posted by
dr dre
Allocation of rosters is actually moving towards more equitable and fair systems, not too many existing companies/fleets are operating off purely seniority based rostering anymore.
Your declaration of what is "more equitable and fair" is a great example of The Donald's infamous but accurately identified "fake news" style of commentary because the concept of what is more equitable and fair in this context is a subjective one, although I guess you knew that and made your statement anyway.
Some people seem to think it was fair and equitable that those who did their time at the bottom of the list get to enjoy their time at the top and that system seemed to work well for a long time.
I suppose a pilot (especially a Gen Me pilot) joining today would be very happy to see the flying spread evenly but for many people when it comes to rosters, as with many things in life, with age comes conservatism. I know a guy who was #1 on the list and when he retired after 50 years of flying his last flight was aguably the ****tiest in the schedule and he told me it was one of the greatest disappointments of his career. I think he would disagree with this new system.