A nice little discussion, but do any of you think that there is a chance that a national senority system would work? There is no hiring hall in this profession. Anyone who has gone through an airline merger knows that no one (BTW, I`ve gone through three of them) is gonna give up one number if there is any way to prevent it. There is no better system around, so suck it up and deal with it. We were all junior at one time or another. You can`t have my number until I`m done with it.........OK, I`m retired, you can move up now.