"Pilots flying for airlines in foreign markets say they are treated like upper-level managers, with something they feel they no longer get in the U.S.: respect. China and India are signing up pilots with two-to-five-year contracts and giving them the chance to move around the world without having to start at the bottom and advance--something stifled by the seniority system in the U.S. "It's an amazing opportunity," says Murray."
Something that I have been saying on this forum for a long time: The seniority system works against us and erodes our Ts&Cs.
For this reason, it should be abandoned.
How I despair when I hear of people talking of seniority as if it were some sort of 'protection'
Idiots.