DoinTime
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I disagree.
That is ridiculous.
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I disagree.
It's a matter of career expectations, Joey. No matter how long you work at ASA, you'll never fly a 767 and make $200k per year. The NSL shouldn't provide you with an opportunity to bump the 13 year senior DAL FO from bidding to that 767 slot, because he did have expectations for that slot and income. I'm sorry Joey, but your regional years simply aren't worth as much in terms of career earnings. It's just a simple fact that a 20 year ASA career is worth far less than a 20 year Delta career. You want a windfall (again), and that's just unacceptable.
That is ridiculous.
Why? The 18-year NWA pilot has been making more money than a PCL Captain for most of his career. Now he's expected to get bumped under the PCL pilot if his company goes under? That defeats the purpose of an NSL. Someone that has made the decision to be a Pinnacle lifer does so with the knowledge that they will never make more than about $105k per year (under the current agreement), even as a checkairman. But you would expect a 20-year UAL Captain to have to bid under a 21-year PCL Captain if UAL goes tits up? Sorry, but that doesn't make any sense to me.
So your advocating a W2 type merger? We can go that way if you want......
Not really. There are problems with that also. As I said, I would support a ratio that slightly reduces credit for regional years. If the 0.75 for 1 method was used, for example, then that would still leave you with 10 years of portable seniority. Not bad, and a hell of a lot better than nothing. I know it bruises your ego, Joey, but you know it would be in your best interest to have such a system in place.
Sorry....I say no system then....Let's just go our separate ways.......Works for me.....
I would wager that a majority of the pilots at your carrier would disagree. But of course, it's always just about Joey.
20-30% of all regionals are "lifers".....They control the union at the local level.