Two rules about dfw:

in growth mode, it goes quite junior...and in shrinkage mode, it is the most senior base around.

From 2001 thru 2009, if you were junior it was literally impossible to be awarded a dfw bid after all the displacements. It literally took many dfw displaced guys almost 8 years to be reinstated.

Flip side is today...you can get awarded dfw as a new hire. -80, Bus, 737 and even the 767 Intl are incredibly junior today.