Center_Mid
Well-Known Member
I was reading a post at another website about seniority systems. Some of the airline folks thought that a national seniority system wouldn't work, but some thought that the idea had merit. That got me 'a thinkin'...
Would it make any sense to compromise and create a kind of national, type-rating seniority system? For example, if a B737-700 captain were to get furloughed, his type-rating seniority could allow him to either bump a lower time -700 captain at another airline, wait for a recall as a captain at his own airline, or be at the top of the waiting list for any -700 spots that open up in any other airline. Or, he could start at the bottom with another company in another type. It would have to be based upon hours in the type.
Would something like this be workable? It wouldn't be as broad as a "date of hire" national seniority system, since a senior pilot could only bump someone in the same type and at the same level (a 2,600 type-hour FO could not bump a 2,500 type-hour captain). It just seems like a cryin' shame that a furloughee must either wait for a recall or start over somewhere else at the bottom.
Actually, reading this, it looks too complicated...
Would it make any sense to compromise and create a kind of national, type-rating seniority system? For example, if a B737-700 captain were to get furloughed, his type-rating seniority could allow him to either bump a lower time -700 captain at another airline, wait for a recall as a captain at his own airline, or be at the top of the waiting list for any -700 spots that open up in any other airline. Or, he could start at the bottom with another company in another type. It would have to be based upon hours in the type.
Would something like this be workable? It wouldn't be as broad as a "date of hire" national seniority system, since a senior pilot could only bump someone in the same type and at the same level (a 2,600 type-hour FO could not bump a 2,500 type-hour captain). It just seems like a cryin' shame that a furloughee must either wait for a recall or start over somewhere else at the bottom.
Actually, reading this, it looks too complicated...