I thought you weren't discussing this anymore?

I wasn't making a value judgement on either system, but I was answering Columbia's question. I'm pretty sure people are driven by money towards higher-paying categories, which forces them to make QOL compromises. I think you and I agree on this point. And this is a pro-LBP observation. You do have some valid points, after all. There are other reasons I think LBP is not a great idea, but I wasn't debating them here. And neither one of us is saying 744's will be parked. But you said, in the context of that hypothetical, that it should show us all the value of a LBP system. Ufortunately, your timing is poor: it's pretty obvious that a LBP, by allowing people to distribute more evenly based on QOL decisions, would actualy create a less "stovepipe-like" environment where it would be easy to curtail flying, either fleet-by-fleet, or system-wide. And it would be a cinch to furlough, because the distribution of junior pilots would be more even across fleets.