Not suprising. This is classic fNWA bidding behavior with monthly bids. Once the training window moves out past holidays or summer, bids always went more senior. The best part about it is it is very predicable, like the tides.

More people are also cluing into the soft pay the NBs have. Contrary to popular opinion here, most people don't follow this stuff, and so the zeitgeist changes way slower than you'd think. I was talking with someone a few weeks ago, and they had just figured out how RR pay works, got extended a day, and got a fat paycheck for 4 days work (with some EDP for good measure). Eventually word, slow as it is, gets around.