ToTheMoon
This thread is titled "What about the senior guys?" and you start off with some simple scenarios.
You later tell us that you’ve been with CPA since the early eighties. Well. Let’s have a quick peruse of the Seniority List as published by the company on 19.03.02 and in particular, the years form 1980 until 1984. I think even you might agree, that this is a generous assumption for "early eighties".
If you had joined in 1980, at best you would have 3 more years.
If you had joined in 1981, you would be telling porkies.
If you had joined in 1982, you would be telling porkies.
If you had joined in 1983, at best you would have 4 more years.
If you had joined in 1984, at best you would have 10 more years.
In short your Seniority number could be as high as about 25 or as low as about 65. This out of a total of about 510 captains.
Does this not put you rather squarely in the "Senior Guys" bracket? Yet you seem to have (IMhumbleO) a rather poor grasp of some of the core issues and then you tell us:
"I left the union because a) I don't agree with their stand on the 49'ers and b) I didn't appreciate their strong arm tactics ie. phone calls to my home to threaten me with being blacklisted and publishing a blacklist."
Now please let us know why on earth the union would be calling a "Senior Guy" at home to threaten him with blacklisting?
As I said before, maybe I’ve got it all wrong but I can’t quite see it for the moment. Perhaps you can explain it all.
For the moment, I think you may just be telling the odd porkie!
Thank you.