ERJPilot, Let me throw some #'s out for you to ponder. Out of the 2 pilot groups the East has about 3000 pilots , the West has 1800. The average age of the East group is now 54 to 55 years old. The right seaters are actually older by about a year. If age 60 stays in place then around 80% of the East pilot group wil be gone in the next 5 years. That's gonna make for some big time movement. Heck I moved up over 300#'s this year alone. Also the company wants a contract in a big way, and when they want it that bad then a good contract is a very good possibility. So I would say it might not be such a bad place to try to get on with. I hope this helps.