That is not what I said at all. What I said was that before the seniority-based system guys would get fired or demoted for not taking an aircraft when someone else would.

This was a "merit-based" system - the problem was who determined "merit". If it's the bean-counters wanting to push the most amount of metal for the lowest cost, the guy who hangs it out there by taking the aircraft in bad WX or with known MX problems is the "best" pilot. A guy who cancels because of safety concerns is a "bad" pilot.

See the difference?