Originally Posted by RockyBoy

In most cases I agree with you here, but what guys are saying about the 717 is that very junior guys (14 Hires) have very few guys senior to them bidding the category. In this case the feature is very useful in predicting how junior that seat will go. I'm an 07 hire and when the bid closed there were only 30 guys senior to me total bidding the category. I'd almost bet money we see 07 hires awarded 717A in NYC.