Since all you junior guys have gotten used to a 5-year delay in upward movement recently, here comes another one!
That's what scares me the most. Combined with the "mode shift" talk from corporate, we're looking at the incredible vanishing career progression.
There was a point awhile back where every pilot left at USAir could have held captain back in the good times.... Our careers are stagnant enough. I'm sure not voting for even more of a slowdown.