Originally Posted by
november.sierra
1. The base bidding process is as fair as can be: base bidding can be done twice a year and as all base transfers are done strictly in accordance with the MSL, you will eventually get to where you want to be and the process is transparent.
2. Commuting is stress free, it isn't jumpseating, you get a standby ticket and only if there are no seats in the cabin will jumpseats be allocated, again strictly in order of seniority, and all flight deck and cabin jumpseats are available. People very rarely get left behind.
Not strictly true.
-They have been known to move people to core bases outside of their seniority position.
- If they deam that a base is "temporary" then they can throw out the MSL and pick whoever they want.
-A few years ago they displaced some LGW pilots to make room for less senior Spanish based pilots due to training requirements.