[QUOTE] think that seniority is the only way to govern the airline industry fairly/QUOTE]
You keep banging on about this Norman. The truth is however that seniority for pilots only suits managers. Anything that prevents free movement of labour and makes people sit with one company for all eternity for fear of losing their spot will bring a smile to their faces. You seem to believe it prevents management stooges and cliques etc, but the reality is that it promotes mediocracy. If pilots could move freely from company to company, do you think such poor T&Cs would exist at the bottom end?
No other industry operates to such a ridiculous system. Doctors, lawyers, bankers, politicians - seniority?? They would laugh you out of town. I can only assume you have never had to swallow the bitter pill of redundancy. If you had, you would change your mind very quickly. The truth is that seniority suits YOU, as it offers you protection against having to prove yourself in the work place, but it does not benefit the pilot community as a whole, quite the opposite.