Originally Posted by
Bartok
Compare the contracts and benefits of each one and pick the one with the quickest upgrade.
Today's upgrade time sometimes has little to do with future upgrade prospects. In this specific case by the time you're number comes up for upgrade, three airlines should be one so it really won't matter. That being said, I imagine from the point of the negotiated SLI forward all newhires will be integrated with date of hire. Just my thoughts.