that’s my guess because AS will claim to be a “peer” citing their newfound widebody and a couple of routes (Tokyo and Seoul). However they have historically been a lower level carrier and you can tell by the number of guys who left AS for AA vs the opposite. AS hired guys at lower qualifications and earlier in their career than AA on the whole.

none of this is to disparage AS guys but they have an outsized amount of longevity etc than is typically possible at a legacy.

a good example of this was the US/AA merger. Airways was able to argue a “global carrier” and “career expectations” pointing at a handful of A330s vs AA which had a much broader fleet and being doing oceanic for decades. I’m not making a moral argument here or saying what ought to be just looking at history and trying to apply those lessons to the situation laid out in front of us.