Originally Posted by SSlow

I know that it's never going to happen, but would it really be such a bad thing if pilots with more flight experience and time invested in the industry were able to make lateral moves and go ahead of FOs who have considerably less experience?

It's the way pretty much every other industry in this country operates.

I know that a lot of legacy pilots look down on us, but at the end of the day we do the same job in the same airspace (WB flying aside).