Originally Posted by galaxy flyer
In 8 years and 2 airlines, you still haven't grasped the idea of seniority? I'm amazed. It simply means, you wait 'til your seniority number warrants the chance to upgrade-not more or less--you wait.
I've grasped it very well, and by extension got to meet seniority's ugly sister whose name is Seniority Grab. You may recall that when age 65 was ratified, all those previously forced out by age 60 had the chance to come back as F/Os. I don't know of ANY who took that chance, which tells me the issue wasn't that they wanted to keep flying "out of the love of it". They wanted to keep flying AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. That's not quite the same thing, is it?