Originally Posted by
Pilotbiffster
So what YOU'RE saying is, absent a merger, I retire in the top 10% of the seniority list; with a merger and the "proposed" CAL SLI, I retire at the 45% mark. Meanwhile, the entire widebody fleet is filled with CAL guys that would have never seen a widebody captain's seat without the merger. I'm sure that factored in to these young jedis' minds when they took a job at CAL (rolling my eyes).
The CAL merger committee is well aware of that. That's why they couldn't do any future projections. They just talked about where people are today and ignored the future. No matter how the list is done, this is good for them long term.
They aren't stupid. They get what you are saying. They obviously benefit every year more than the previous year. That's why guys on this forum on the CAL side don't want to talk about career expectations.