shady,
in my modest aviation career I had to move about 6 times to 6 different cities in 5 different countries, it's part of this business and when I decided to become an airplane driver I knew this could be a possibility I would have to face sooner or later.
My partner and my kids know that as well and as a family we do whatever it takes not to let some MOL or alikes to ruin our lives just because I like PIK better than DUB.
Surely though my parner would like to know why I have been moved out after say 5 years of loyalty and while a newly promoted and lower paid colleague had the possibility to stay; but mainly my partner would like to know why I just sit there and say nothing when such things happen....
The overstaffing is conjecture: your conjecture.
I would love to be able to copy/paste a couple dozen rosters of F/O's who live basically on STBY as well as post a copy of their bank statements so that you wake up to reality and stop thinking like a selfish kid.
P.S.: I would like to apologise for having been so personal even mentioning my colleague Slim Shady, it's not in my style nor in my intentions to become personal with nobody, what I care for is the collective future of not only FR pilots (it's not my first nor my last airline) but of US pilots in general.