potkettleblack
Do you make your comments from the luxury of paid employment? And if so, from a comfortable position up the seniority list with job security?
On another thread concerning seniority and DECs 'werbil' wrote:
"A seniority system which takes into account total time, command time, time on type etc in conjunction with time in the company would allow movement between companies without having to go to the bottom of the pile to change jobs.
Traditional seniority is good for four groups of people - the very senior pilots, the inexperienced junior pilots, the unions and the airline.
The biggest loser with the traditional seniority are the very senior who's airline folds. After 20 years in the one company would you like to go to the bottom of the food chain just because the airline you worked for went broke?"
In the current maelstrom in the industry 'traditional' went out the window several years ago and if an airline requires 'experience' in the LHS that doesn't exist internally, then why not recruit direct? Recruiting suitably qualified people for specific posts happens in the 'landside' departments of airlines every day.
This is the only 'profession' I can think of that precludes sideways moves - thanks to the archaic seniority system we use.