Anton, as you suggest, seniority and the BA pilots reliance on it is central to our lifestyle. Fleet, seat, trips and consequently days off are all a function of seniority. A system which inherently assumes equality, as the only differentiation between pilots is their time in BA. Meritocracy and age, who you know or how much of a "company" man you are have no input into the system. There is complete transparency as to why I'm currently working next weekend and my colleague is not. Or why my command is one decade rather than a year away and is uninfluenced by whether a base Captain deems me suitable (not suggesting that's the case in BMI, but it is in some non seniority based operators).
If you choose to remove the focus, and in your opinion over reliance on seniority as a measure. What do you think should replace it?