has that not got more to do with the approx 5 years extra sen between c737x and c320l?
the point that we've both have made in round about ways is seniority is everything in bidline and worth very little in carmen! given the flexible and secret feast that is www long term plan for us all i would think that the safest place to be is at lhr protected by bidline.
you may have 6 years sen now but from your post history i believe you left lgw with 2-3! you could have stayed then and didn't! also your 6 years on the jumbo puts you at the very bottom of the list so you have no sen to lose. However, a return to lgw would provide you with a relatively senior position (not many 6yr fo's at lgw bud!).
so i think my point is pretty valid. your a very junior fo on the 744 who is advising deps to go to lgw becasue carmen will suit them better whilst remaining on the bottom of a bidline fleet and stating you won't leave till you get a command!
you've never used bidline on SH or been on a LHR SH fleet. my point again is that there are plenty of folks out there who have used both systems and i've yet to meet anyone, apart from you or the management, who would prefer carmen. when the company is desperate for us to give up bidline for carmen i'm afraid i smell a rat.
and i think we both agree that when considering which base to join that any expansion in the company will be at LHR and therefore relative sen will rise quicker on those expanding fleets. the only requirement for fo's at lgw is to replace the one's that are leaving to come to lhr!
anyway i guess the point of this thread was to air opinions and we have.
cheers.