So what your saying is If an AAI pilot who was bidding 12% on his list and was then placed at approx. 43 % instead of 12 or 13% on the merged SWA list is fair because of age?

Another way, take a say AAI Captain who is 45 years old. Been a CA for say 10-12 years. He always bid 2 weeks staggered vacations in the summer and always bid ( FOR YEARS ) the week before Thanksgiving (because he could hold the week of Thanksgiving line off thus 2 weeks off every year) and the same for Christmas. He could hold off that day and bid a line that held the following week including New Years off). 4 weeks vacation every year. That it is fair to put him in a position to bid for upgrade after how ever long, he will have a chance to be a Captain again, but now at what, 45 -49% ?

What are the lines of days off he can hold compared to what he had?
What vacations can he hold compared to what he had?
We all know, you can't just drop a trip at SWA like he used to be able to do. It must be picked up by someone.
This guy will get back to what he had by the time he is about what 60 years old. Kids grown and gone. Missed so many events in their lives because what he had was taken from him because his pilot group was a younger group than the other? Age?

Please refrain from saying - "the money".