Although you might mean this as sarcasm there is some truth to this. I started at Piedmont on the "B" scale- deregulation started while I was still in the military. Piedmont merged with USAir and the pilots with Piedmont lost seniority, no relative seniority- but we moved on. In bankruptcy the RETIREMENT Systems of Alabama put my retirement into the PBGC. This was followed by two concessionary bankruptcy contracts. Lest we forget, the government conditions on the loan that they made to USAirways after 9/11 involved terms and conditions that drove many of the pilot concessions. I have flown with some ex-Eastern pilots, so I know it could be worse. Still, after all of this, the Nic was so egregious and we lost the very seniority that we had been protecting. All the while, I have been on the wrong side of ALPA's seniority policy du jour and on the wrong side of government regulation- deregulation du-jour. Real or perceived.