Interesting conversation. Im 33 and a very low SSN, and I was 5 from the bottom in my class of 50. If they did it by age, I would have been maybe 6 or 7 from the bottom. So I guess it just depends how you are affected. There were a couple of 40+ in our class that are junior to me who would have been top 5 in the class, so their perspective is much different. At the end of the day youre working for an industry leading airline with nonstop hiring projected for 10+ years, so really the focus should be more on things like a great contract next year, eliminating training pay and just going to straight 1st year pay right off the bat instead of after OE, and giving new hires hotel rooms in training, etc.