Originally Posted by
Phrogs4ever
The junior wb Captain at CAL is 20% seniority; the junior wb Captain at UAL is 15% seniority. So even with fewer wb aircraft, there was greater opportunity on the CAL side.
That's not opportunity. Its VARIABILITY. This also means that there are more narrowbody Capts in the top 20% at CAL than UAL.
Just because you have a different bidding pattern doesn't mean anything. CAL has fewer bases that are much larger, which promotes that kind of variability in the bidding.