There was movement in 2005-2007 at CAL, many of us 2005 hires/flowthroughs held and trained to Captain positions by '07. Age 65 changed that...

in addition...

CAL also reduced capacity and eliminated 67 mainline aircraft from its fleet by the end of 2009, retiring all of Continental's 737-300s and all but 35 of its 737-500s

So I guess we were getting 'right-sized' too

None of this speculation matters, it goes both ways...we can stand on both sides of the fence and cherry pick our agenda's all day long...in the end, the Arbitrator's decide and that's it...period..speculation and what is owed, deserved, earned, promised, contracted out agreed to...be damned