I'm at the end of this career so the future and how you all want to get paid is up to you. From a seniority based point of view the most senor tend to want the most pay for the least amount of work and wide-body international tends to fill this square the best.
What does this mean?
If you all had banded 787, 767-200 and 767-400 less than the 747-400 or 777 I would not be flying the 787. But, since the pay's the same and the flying is good my choice is to fly the 787. Just think what would have happened to the seniority on the 787 when the fence came down if you hadn't banded it with those "heavier" airplanes.
What happened is the future, good or bad, as banding moves towards its ultimate outcome, one pay-scale. As someone stated the top of each list will be filled by mega-senor pilots and the mid-seniority will be at a lower percentage always.