Not future looking if the net increase is due to more WB A and less NB A.

I find it disingenuous when the talking heads try and portray a net loss of domestic NB flying to fewer RJ's (but more 76 seaters) as a "win" because it shifts the demographic curve more towards WB flying. Nice if you are in the seniority to get those extra WB A seats. Nice for junior F/O's who will get a WB B sooner, but still a net loss.

For the lower half of the list it means a lot longer in the right seat, where those pay raises we might get don't mean as much. I'd like to see a career earnings spreadsheet for several represeantive careers where the first A upgrade occurred in shifting year by year increments. Saw something like this at brand X, and the final analysis was you make more in career earnings with an upgrade than you do with incremental pay increases.