TL - great post as per usual.
Because people are from another generation, why do you talk down to them Walter?
Anthill, Seniority and sound training standards will cover all your hoodoos over promoting through seniority.
Seniority stiffling conditions - thats crap. If you throw away seniority, you'll have pilots from overseas screaming for DEC and will do it at any price to get out of ****holes and raise their families in our great country. I'll bet the QF, Jetstars and
VB would love that. The race to the bottom would well and truly be on should seniority be bypassed at infinitum!