Originally Posted by
midnight cruiser
Not me;, I was grossly insulted that the CC DID retrospectively value my 25 years prior experience at zero (in terms of bidding/seniority, and any valuing you claim beyond that is just empty platitudes)... The pay was ok, then having been expropriated - it wasn't - so I left.
easyJet are not the same - the pilot is close to command to be able to bid on a separate P1 list and doesn't carry over JFO time, unless it has changed). So as you describe it now, who would want to join as Ryanair DEP now? = lower quality pilot, and/or higher price ... So instead, the operational inbreeding of the predominant cadets, and ex cadets, training cadets, going on to train ad infinitum - leading to some very strange aircraft handling practices IMO (but stick to parroting the SOPs word perfect, Uber alles, and all's good)!
Your previous experience should not count for anything except maybe salary when you start over at another airline (and I am against even that ). Sure, it seems unfair to have to start at the bottom, but that is nowhere near as unfair as being at a company for years and having other people come in and take your slot. And I firmly believe DECs should only happen as a last resort. Seniority should apply to everything. And I have had to start over at the bottom twice after years as a captain. Just my opinion.
I worked for a company that hired a lot of DECs during growth, a surprising amount of those were let go because of their "aircraft handling practices". Much safer to work with the people you know when it is time to upgrade.....