I was hired late 95. I am slotted in next to CAL pilots slightly more than 2 years junior to me, and I was never furloughed (some of them were). UAL brought more jobs in higher categories. They should probably have been placed well below me, not next to me.
But I had no input to the SLI process, and there is nothing I can do about it. My opinion doesn't matter, only that of the arbitrator's.
It is now up to each of us to decide, for ourselves, if the job is worth keeping.
If it doesn't work for you, grow a pair, and leave for greener pastures. If you want to complain, please do it to your mom, and not your coworker.
FWIW, only a few lCAL pilots have ever brought it up around me, and I never have.
Whether you think it is fair or not, it is final, and over.
Time to move on.