Originally Posted by
wiggy
At some airlines your position on whatever status list you are on simply depends on company seniority - determined by Date of Joining the company. That obviously doesn’t change when moving seats.
So in such companies it is possible to hang out as a P2 for umpteen years, do an upgrade in your own sweet time and then slot onto the P1 list above any captain who has done less time in the company.
That was exactly the system brought in retrospectively at Ryanair, crucially relating to the all important base bidding, but also other things.
So unsurprisingly, the direct entry pilots who had been expropriated, are now leaving in huge numbers, - not always just because they now have cadet seat/base bidders (the majority of recruits) sliding across on to the list above them, but also the principle of the thing - namely that the experience they brought with them; thereby isn't valued.