I'm answering this because it seems as if pilots have become so blinded within their community, they have forgotten how the normal business world works.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE INDUSTRY SENIORITY.

This whole debate started w/ a mentioning of an ALPA universal seniority list. The seniority systems in place in the airlines were put in place by the companies - NOT the unions. There are TONS of labor unions in the US that aren't subject to seniority. All professional sports teams. Teachers. Steel workers. Police and firefighters. Postal workers. Nurses. Rail and auto workers. Actors and screen writers. All of the homebuilding arts (framers, roofers, plumbers, electricians, etc). Hell, even some commercial hotel cleaners have a union. NONE of these unions have pay bands subject to a seniority system.