Had lunch with a FedEx guy today who happened to be hired there the same month I was hired at NWA. He's very senior on the right seat of the 777 and could hold capt on the A300 if he wanted. I'm years away from being able to hold captain on anything anywhere at Delta or getting near the right seat of the 777 or 747. My relative category seniority for ATL M88B will be about the same as his in MEM 777B. Also have buds at SWA hired the same timeframe who have been capts for several years and a bud hired at Continental who just upgraded to 757 capt.
Just gets old hearing from Sailing et al how much better we are doing than everybody else when it sure doesn't feel that way and my W2 lags so far behind those of my contemporaries at other airlines. My whine and moan for the day.