joebanana.....et al....I read, a long time ago in my distant past before seniority became such a big part of my life, an article by a Captain whose name escapes me. His view on seniority was that it should be basically Industry wide, in that you accrued points based on experience and some other factors I can't now remember. This would allow pilots to move around for bettering terms and conditions without starting at the bottom. His view was that this would drive UP our T & Cs as company's would be forced to pay to retain the experience levels and pilots would be free to move to a better job whether it be for the money or closer to home, further from home, whatever reasons we might like to move for.
Perhaps someone else remembers the article or the Captain who wrote it? I seem to recall he was Scandanavian or perhaps with KLM? In any event, it was an interesting take on the issue.