You guys are arguing the wrong question.

What we have NOW is status quo...it doesn't cost ANY jobs

If you CHANGE the status quo...now you can start discussing how many jobs are created or marginalized

This kinda started with the *****ing about flying above alv +15 due to swap board and swap with pot. Some are pushing to curtail that because it "costs jobs". I will reiterate...it doesn't currently cost ANY jobs....when it got voted in years ago is when the job loss occurred. The argument would be analogous to discussing implementation of PBS and the huuuge loss or jobs that enabled. At this juncture that is also a moot point cause it is "baked in" the hiring practices and the "expectations" of both new and old pilots

When someone wants to change the status quo is when one needs to ask themselves "whose ox is getting gored" . In the case we are discussing EVERY pilot has the capacity to fly above the cap, some categories much more so than others. If that is something you want to do ,great , position yourself to make that happen. Just don't not avail yourself of that opportunity and then complain that others are stealing your progression.

Again, this practice helps a lot when people want to modify their schedule and are unable to so do to capped reserve days.
Additionally, the trip parking prolly needed to change due to abrogation of seniority due to bidding cliques. SWP does not do that nor does icrew swap board because all pilots can avail themselves of the "open" trip. It's win/win pilot gets the free time he desires while another pilot may garner extra hours.