Stumpie,
I did not mention, nor did I know that the 30% ex-Swissair pilots who weren't re-hired by Swiss, were not 'selected' regarding seniority. It amazes me that they were not. If they fired the guys with the biggest salaries to save money, why did they not simply apply the Crossair salary principles to the newly hired ex-Swissair pilots? This whole story just baffles me.
I don't see the point that some ex-Swissair people want to make, justifying their high salaries and benefits and seniority demands upon the fact that they fly the old (big) Swissair planes.
If our 737-charter company had bought a bunch of ex-Sabena A330's and hired a bunch of ex-Sabena A330 pilots, they'd go right to the bottom of the seniority list. Even if we'd fly them out of Brussels on ex-SN routes.
It's like getting thrown out of your house because you stock plan went bust, a neighbor taking you into his own house and then complaining that your guest bed doesn't have a massage setting and there's no jacuzzi.
Can somebody explain to me the justification of this behavior?