Okay, so when I was hired by Northwest, I was passed over for full time in favor of much less qualified applicants. Well, now one of them is quitting already, as a friend of his offered him a job with much better pay down in North Carolina. He's quitting at the end of this month, which means his full time slot will open up at the end of the month. I found out about this just before I left for training for two weeks down in Memphis. I figured I'd talk to the manager about wanting that spot when I came back. I haven't seen the manager yet (he left before I came into work today), but I've learned from several coworkers that he already offered the spot to another guy with less seniority than me! That's my spot! This other guy had previously worked for the company, but quit on them and left them severely short handed back in December for a job with Delta. When he realized he wasn't getting the hours he wanted there, he came crawling back to us and we rehired. Apparently the argument for giving him the spot over me is that even though I have more seniority than him, he has more overall experience than I do. What does he know that I haven't learned in the 2+ months since I started? How to operate the jetbridge? Hey, I'm just waiting for them to officially show me how (I already know how, but would be fired if I was caught operating it without official training). Other than that, there isn't much that he knows how to do that I don't. This is bull shit. Not only that, but he may bail on the company again in another month if his brother hires him like he thinks might happen. I, on the other hand, can't afford to wait around and see if he leaves the company up a creek again. If I get passed over for this spot, it pretty much means that I have to quit the job just so I can take a full time spot somewhere else like a gas station or something. Sure, I'd rather stick around at Northwest (even though the pay sucks), but I can't afford to at all working 20 hours a week. I just want to punch somebody right now.