Most of the people that I have flown with who don’t want to upgrade have said that pay or reserve rules isn’t the issue. They wanted to gain relative seniority and gain more control of their schedule. It’s better to be a senior first picking your vacation and when and where you want to fly. “Being a captain” doesn’t mean very much to many people and more money isn’t the motivator that it once was, especially the younger pilots that we hire. Don’t know how to fix the captain shortage, but it isn’t just reserve improvements or throwing money at the problem. It should be interesting to see what they come up with.