Originally Posted by
Timbo
It means a guy with a seniority number of 6900 has 31 guys bidding 717 Captain who are senior to him.
You won't have to worry about that for another 5 years, so don't sweat it.
5 years would sound sweet to me compared to the stagnation those of the last 15 years had to endure. It will be mind blowing (in a good way) if/when I see a DL captain with 5 years service.