Occam's Razor
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Do research on the Maritime industry, they have national seniority list
Cool! My position with a Liberian-flagged B747 is set!
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Do research on the Maritime industry, they have national seniority list
How would it work? If a United guy, or whoever, gets furloughed, would he jump to x airline in seniority order and bump a guy at the bottom of the list out of a job or would he go to the bottom with longevity pay and benefits assuming x airline is hiring. And why would they take a guy at 10 year pay vs. a new hire? Not trying to flame, just looking for some info.
Dos Vadania,listen Im going to say this again and I suggest you read it nice and slow if we as a pilot block set our cost (the amount set for skill and professionalism)at a non negiotionable rate,we would in an up economy not make huge amounts of money and equally in a down economy not lose huge amounts of money.The rate is the rate.This is not Communism nor is it Capitalism or even nudism if ism's are your thing,this is stability for my chosen profession,just as OB-GYN should be supported in "practicing there love to women",pilots should be allowed practice there skill and experiance for a given rate,no exciting highs,no depth defying lows,just stability.
"A NSL is a Pie-in-the-Sky", "...pipe dream" ".....never happen", unrealistiic" etc. Be that as it may, it also means that MBA's and stockholders will always own our profession. In other words, owning our profession is a pie-in-the-sky, pipe dream, won't ever happen, unrealistic, etc.. I don't claim to have the answers but, unless their is a collective voice in some manifestation, be it a guild, NSL, longevity list, reregulation etc., we will continue in this race to the bottom.
I am not one but, if you call me a commie, I don't care. Laissez faire capitalism is just as bad as communism. Purely throwing our pay and bennies to the winds of the market is sending our profession to Wal Mart mentality and Greyhound bus driver pay scales. We need standards to show the "market" that we won't fly below a certain level of compensation. We need to show management that if they want to be stupid enough to charge fares that would make it such that it is cheaper to fly than drive, take a bus or train, then it won't come out of our asses. Management needs to learn that if fuel prices increase, air fares should be proportionally increased. If that means less passengers, so be it. I would rather be furloughed for a real reason like inflation than be furloughed because of management whimsy.
Ok, you can start setting that standard today. Either you're part of the problem or part of the solution. Since you're worth what you're willing to work for, what's your hourly rate, monthly guarantee, and days worked per month so we can get a rough baseline.