OK Gunter, you win. I give up, but before I do, let me just say the following:
1. When I talked about regulated age, I wasn't talking about anything that you said, but was responding to FDXLAG's comment about "an extra 5 years."
2. The "facts" that you speak of are in fact, not facts, but opinions. Yours. I agree that there is a vast inequality in line construction between the "senior lines" and the "junior lines", but hey, that's seniority. As an example, many reserve guys live in domicile and bid reserve, even though they are senior enough to hold flying lines, which would increase their pay, both base as well as per diem, but they continue to bid reserve to better their quality of life.
3. As for remembering what it was like between lines at PAA, yeah, I guess I don't remember flying the shuttle between JFK and BOS, 7 to 8 legs a day for four straight days, and then the next week being put on a trip to the Bahamas, with a 48 hour layover. Yup, no difference between senior and junior lines there.
4. I agree that it's nice to make potential new-hires aware of the QOL and other flying circumstances here at FedEx, because it will help them understand the environment that they are wanting to get themselves into, but do you really think that you can explain to someone what it is like to fly in the middle of the night, for 4 or 5 days straight. I don't think so. As well, why would you even bring up carryover, as an example of another inequality, when in fact it's actually a reward for being senior, not a slam for being junior.

JJ