Something to consider, UAL today trails DAL by 216 and AA by 245 total mainline aircraft operated today. While UAL has a significantly higher number of widebody aircraft compared to AA & DAL, we have significantly less domestic narrowbody flying. That’s the most profitable flying at the legacies today and one reason why UAL trails DAL and & AA in revenue and profits. Current management wants to close this gap. Will they be successful? Only time will tell.

Everyone on this thread has posted accurate info on how senior Denver is today and in the past. If (yes big if), UAL were to grow significantly in both domestic flying and the Denver hub flying (as indicated by the current management team) historic time to hold a Denver CA position and overall Denver seniority could change significantly as compared to today or historically. Yes it’s also possible Denver could still be just as senior or more senior as it is today or in the past.

One thing I’ve learned in my 33 years in this industry is change is constant and past or historic flying, staffing, seniority and or projected growth or contraction doesn’t guaranttee what comes to fruition in 10, 20 or 30 years.

All you can do is take an educated non emotional guess on what’s best for you and your family at the time you have to make a decision. Many before you have made those guesses and sometimes they work out and sometimes not. Unfortunately, in this industry many pilots made decisions that at the time looked like a no brainer only to be burned, 5, 10 or 20 years later. To a certain extent it’s a crap shoot. Make the best decision for you at the time and once you do it don’t look back. Best of luck.