Originally Posted by
crash312
Both JB and NK have the same amount of future orders, obviously since NK is smaller theirs is bigger percentage growth....however....precedence per the VA/AS SLI below is they don't really look at future orders.
Unlike future fleet projections which may be too high, too low, or dead on, the size of the fleet on the snapshot date is ascertainable and definite. Using a static fleet analysis as of the snapshot date allows the Board to determine the impact of various formulas for merging the lists without reliance on speculative merger driven fleet size assumptions
Interesting that this same logic doesn't apply when they are forecasting the seniority list out into the future. I guess they have no problem speculating on future attrition, medical outs, retirement age (we've seen that change before), etc.