JustaNumber
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I just heard of an extreme example, that nevertheless shows the absurdity of the priority system. (I'm not sure if it's true, but I'm passing along what I heard). My (DCI) FO was trying to nonrev to work, and recognized two pot-smoking twenty-something losers who were also trying to nonrev at the gate. They happened to be the sons of a family friend. This friend had once worked for Northeast Airlines in the 1970's, for six years as a FA. She also was on medical disability for 4 years, making her 10-year total employment qualify for lifetime retiree benefits. Northeast merged into Republic (the original one), which merged into Northwest, which merged into Delta. The two pot-smoker losers got on before my FO.