Originally Posted by
bobmij
All senior FO's (+the odd captain).
As an f/o, albeit a senior one, you have nothing to loose by going. As a captain it's much more difficult to take a voluntary demotion. The thought of spending 10 years to regain your command being a little too much to bare. Without the seniority scheme the number of captains leaving could easily have matched the 80 f/o's. The numbers leaving could have doubled!