To all the experts, quick question....
Has to do with "Seniority(as was the topics title)"
The pilots that were laid-off, how was it done??
I'm debating with a friend on how seniority works,
My theory was/is those that were the lowest in the hiring pool were laid off..
His theory was that the First Officers were let go first, so a Captain with 1 year seniority(w/ the company) would not have been cut because an F/O with 5 years seniority would have been lost instead, because he's an F/O.
But my understanding of the airlines is, you get your Company seniority on the date of hire(which they do lay offs, promotions etc. with) and you have your type seniority.
So even though you've worked with X for 20 years if you've just moved to the 747 you'll have the lowest seniority in that department, and they use that seniority for scheduling, pay etc?
Thanks in advance.