When I met the upgrade requirements and put my bid in I was met with the first displacement notice a few days afterwards.... That was a couple years ago. My "expectation" began at the timeline where guys that are now Q CA's weren't even hired yet. The table goes both ways, but as soon as we start playing the "entitlement" game this entire process between 3 groups makes the Usair/America West debacle look like it was a smooth operation...... If you want that you may want to see how that worked out for them 5+ years later. I am frankly disturbed to see the mindset of "we will stay at the bottom pay and QOL of any carrier in the world just to hopefully upgrade"- that is the epitome of a "whipsaw" mentality. What happens when the music stops as mooney described? It has happened before, it will happen again, no matter what we do as pilots the economic engine that propels this industry is not in our control and frankly only manipulated by management to the slightest degree. Without dealing with the future as one combined force with a contract that treats all as "Professional Pilots" we are shooting ourselves in the foot just before the marathon. Think about it all on a macro level instead of the micro level of simply "Colgan FO's".