Your emotion blinds you to reality Hawkeye.
I have no stranglehold over anything.
My seniority means nought in the bid system.
I look at what is available to me(diagnostic sheet) and bid accordingly.
A flight attendant at ten years has more flying available than me a CSS of 23 years.
The slipping formula would be the first thing tabled in any negotiation to change the bid system.
That formula is the only safeguard we have.That goes ,so does the job.
The bid system has more of a negative effect on me than it does on you.
I have learnt to live with it.
Doesn't mean I like it.
Come up with a practical alternative for me to consider.
You are very sparse on detail and long on lipservice