Originally Posted by
John Aldeborgh
There must be an employee performance rating system, why not allow the highest performing FA’s the first pick versus seniority. This would hopefully then inspire competition to improve performance. It’s a carrot not a stick. I don’t share the opinion that all FA’s are interchangeable, it’s a spectrum of performance, just like in any profession.
Yes, meritocracy and inspire to improve, very noble. With entrenched union and such a public company, if you do a performance hierarchy system, I'd bet my bollock that many not so best performing would be senior union members, minorities, gays (not because of some inherent flaw of their own, but because typical people would rate young blond bimbo way higher regardless of their performance - see research about tipping). From legal and social fabric point of view it's easier to abuse junior members.