I find it hard to understand what you guys don't understand. The guys that went back to the S/O seat never left, never lost their seniority rights because they turned age 60. They moved to a lower position due to the fact that FAA regulations did not permit them to keep the left or right seat. If any of you younger guys ever had a medical issue that caused the FAA to restrict you to the S/O seat do you think you should have the right to return to the left or right seat if that restriction is lifted?

The bottom line is that the guys that went back to the S/O seat never gave up their seniority. Now if you guys want to give up on the seniority system go for it. We could work on upgrades by lottery, or a rotating seniority system where you rise to number one for one month and then you drop to the bottom of the list to start working your way back up the list one month at a time. We could call it "shared seniority"