enuf:

Your response was fine except when you threw that little quip in about it being political or naive or... Why did you feel it necessary to do that? Let's have the discussion without that kind of crap. I have no agenda.

My perspective about the upcoming proliference of captains and NEW captains (at DAL) is based on my belief that the growth of the airline + the upcoming retirements will require a fairly large number of captains in the next few years. If you have been here any length of time you know that the top 10% or so of ANY category is uber senior for that category. The top 10% of ANY category can hold captain somewhere. (717 might be the exception, but I'll wager it isn't far off. You are obviously correct that the 4th stripe isn't a priority for the average captain, because if it were I would be a low level 737 Captain. But that isn't really the issue on the table here. You are right that some guys couldn't care less about being a captain. (I'll betcha that would change overnight if the LCP thing were to be changed to be less lucritive). Interesting that it isn't about the money until it is, but I guess that is a different discussion for a different thread.

Your turn.