In that case, here's your new #'s:

• Spirit = goes from 11 ->12 years (barely)
• UPS = stays @ 2 years
• Delta = goes from 7 -> 9 years (w/o accounting for pay bump)
• Southwest = stays @ 4 years
• United = oh man, goes to 17 years!

The 92 hour credits, bidding top 20, great QOL, the Skywest purchase, future prospects of flying 50 seat RJ's and fee for departure as a business model, the chances that all of the carriers used as examples keep their current contract for the next decade (or stay in business @ all) . . . the formula can't account for those.

Good luck to all the senior RJ CA's who have to make the same decision.