I think that depends on how one defines QOL. If it means vacation/days off/ability to choose what trips you fly, then I disagree big time. You might find yourself more senior on different equipment which would result in exactly the opposite of what you contest. The one downside that I would see is that every category/seat would become much more senior at the top of each for those reasons above as guys found their equilibrium and camped out. On the other hand, if QOL is solely equipment based, you would be right but I contend that many guys will bail from certain categories because they ONLY do it for the money. I know many people that do not like all international flying for example.

I agree with your last statement. The funny thing is that QOL is the one thing that is sacrificed in chasing that pay. Everything else we do is determined by seniority. (The only thing that I can think of that is not is jumpseating). The thing is here that we are discussing pay. I guess what I don't like about the way it is now is that we depend on management to buy a lot of the big iron in order for as many of us to make as much as possible. It's like making Admiral in the Navy, there are only so many open slots. There just has to be a better way.