Sorry to join so late, just got back from leave;
Let us take a major European airline with a very strong union culture, and a very strict seniority list. That airline goes bust. (that is unfortunate but happened a few years ago). Guess what....all the guys move for jobs everywhere in the world...but nobody talks about seniority anymore...but mention "experience" and all the ex captains try to join as Direct Entry Captain etc...
Is this wrong? When a guy enters the survival mode, should he care about a "seniority list" at a potential employer?
I guess the bottom line is that seniority was a good system or at least the best one, but is now a thing of the past. Emirates, Etihad, Singapore to name a few have recruited DEC's for a long time.
Let us face it, seniority is dead at least as far as promotion is concerned. Perhaps we should focus on a LIFO method (Last IN first OUT) of protection when the **** hits the fan.
Food for thought
