He's talking about starting over at year 1 at SWA. No one is talking about comparing 7 year at AS and 7 year at SWA. He's just saying it would take a very long time to get back what he or she will lose if they start back at year 1 at SWA. Especially when he passed up upgrade and could be be a 7 year CA. You should look at a 7 year CA at VX/AS vs a 7 year CA.... I mean 7 year FO at SWA (based on the upgrade time) and see if their W2 is still a joke.