Originally Posted by ackattacker

Stop and think about that for a minute. People say seniority is everything but AGE is a close second. It's the reason some guys are jumping ship from B6 to come here... their Captains are too young and aren't retiring anytime soon. East Captains are very old. AA Captains are very old. West Captains much less so. AGE means the difference between retiring as a 777 Captain or retiring as an A320 F/O and potentially millions of dollars of future income. Hardly "ZERO bearing"! All told, in an ideal world, you want everybody who's senior to you, to be older than you! So they can retire and get out of your darn seat. The Nic would upset that apple cart and don't think APA hasn't noticed!