True, but at airlines like that, even the most junior FO has 3+ years and a couple thousand hours in the airplane. Point is, pilots can be as skilled or as unskilled as they want. Seniority is not a determining factor. A furloughed UAL pilot might be the most junior pilot at GoJet, but has loads more experience than someone senior to him.

Seniority determines how one bids, and not much more (egos maybe?).