After the Hudson incident many of us Westyz were surprised to learn that a f/a crew with up to 38 years seniority was flying a 4 day trip. Given the fact that our most senior flight attendant has a hire date of August 1st, 1983 (the day America West started flying), that puts our number 1 somewhere around 2000 (or lower) on the global seniority list. In fact, our most senior f/a had not even been BORN yet when Bette Nash was hired!
Now that the pilots seniority issues seem to be on the verge of being settled, it seems a joint contract could actual be possible. Even though on paper it would seem we Westyz are going to take a huge hit in bidding power, I suspect that this is probably not actually going to be the case. I'm guessing (wishful thinking?) that most of us will still be able to hold the same type trips we held the day before the merger.
Here is a very rough guesstimate of what we hold in PHX based of years of service. I would be curious to know what type of flying could be expected in all of our other bases using this same breakdown of 25, 20, 15 and 10 years of seniority.
Remember, these are just approximations but here is the gist of how it goes down in PHX:
25+ years: Transcon turn days (21-22 days off a month)
20-25 years: Hawaii and high yield 2/3 days
15-12 years: Decent 3 and 4 days
10-15years: All the crap no one else wanted, including 5 and 6 day legs on 737s.
0-10: Reserve
We in the west have had our heads buried in the sand, happily flying our old AWA routes and planes with a US Airways paint job. Break it to us gently on how very junior we are all going to be once we truly are the same airline. Don't hold back the cold, hard truth. We can take it.... and after we get over the initial depression we will not whine, throw temper tantrums or try to start a new union.
Thanks for sharing!
Now that the pilots seniority issues seem to be on the verge of being settled, it seems a joint contract could actual be possible. Even though on paper it would seem we Westyz are going to take a huge hit in bidding power, I suspect that this is probably not actually going to be the case. I'm guessing (wishful thinking?) that most of us will still be able to hold the same type trips we held the day before the merger.
Here is a very rough guesstimate of what we hold in PHX based of years of service. I would be curious to know what type of flying could be expected in all of our other bases using this same breakdown of 25, 20, 15 and 10 years of seniority.
Remember, these are just approximations but here is the gist of how it goes down in PHX:
25+ years: Transcon turn days (21-22 days off a month)
20-25 years: Hawaii and high yield 2/3 days
15-12 years: Decent 3 and 4 days
10-15years: All the crap no one else wanted, including 5 and 6 day legs on 737s.
0-10: Reserve
We in the west have had our heads buried in the sand, happily flying our old AWA routes and planes with a US Airways paint job. Break it to us gently on how very junior we are all going to be once we truly are the same airline. Don't hold back the cold, hard truth. We can take it.... and after we get over the initial depression we will not whine, throw temper tantrums or try to start a new union.
Thanks for sharing!
