You got that right. A large part of the stagnation for a lot of guys was from the missing decade" from post 9-11/recession/aviation great depression. If that doesn't repeat and age 65 holds and we don't go nuts with cabotage and just maybe stop subsidizing the ponzi scheme "Heros of Farnsborough" foreign bubble airlines and their crack pipe huffing fantasy order books, you could see guys hired 5 years from now upgrade in 3 years in junior equipment in junior bases.

All the more reason to leverage whatever "constructive engagement" we may have with the company to get them to have our backs in a merger with an uber young pilot group if it happens in exactly the same way SWA management did for them. No pilot contract can force that due to merger law and the possibility of arbitration. But if a company buys to phase out, it can be avoided. There is no way we should risk arbitration with a JB or a VX and watch 2-5 year captains slot in with 20+ year counterparts based on a relative seniority technicality. Likely? Who knows, but there is WAY too much going on with the "Virgin Group" and Singapore right now and I'm hearing some VX chatter that some there are thinking a massive DL windfall could be coming their way.