False equivalency is not an accurate term in this case. I worked less than half the year(days on reserve but not used are not off, thus work days). I made within 5% of what I would have as a junior NB CA…maybe 10% if you base it on 80-something hours. I had every single day off that I wanted. I fly the trips I want.

Captains I fly with junior to me generally fall into one of three categories. Young Captains that either this is their first Captain position or that need to stroke their ego. Older Captains trying to build their retirement due to missed opportunity earlier in their career…or… Captains that are defined by their career and NEED to be the Captain(their social media or constant selfies tend to confirm this one). I don’t fall into any of those. I enjoy my seniority and QOL. QOL is unfortunately something that 73% of our pilots didn’t value in the last contract cycle.