Actually my expectation would be to get hosed in a CAL/UAL merger. Why? The huge demographic bubble in the CAL seniority list due to the strike breaking scabs and the younger pilots that returned under order and award. The age 65 rule change delayed the exodus of that bubble of pilots that are predominantly 57-63 years old. This affects all CAL pilot way more than UAL pilots, especially if a merger occurs in the next 4 years. When you compare the more linear age/seniority relationship in the top half of UAL's list, CAL is top heavy. The screaming hard lobbying "relative seat position" advocates at UAL stand to gain 10 years on most CAL pilots because of the bubble. Many of the more junior CAL pilots fail to understand how the call for a shift in long standing ALPA merger policy away from career expectation, toward more consideration to relative position would harm them.