Seniority at a true legacy carrier where pilots are respected and their skill and experience appreciated would be as you say a hinderance. They would still pay top dollar to attract people who the flying public would want. At a carrier like ours where we are seen as overpaid monkeys it would be a disaster if seniority were done away. CX would become just another sh
ty asian carrier people use as a stepping stone or attracting the bottom of the barrel pilots who are out of options. Management would be happy with this as the planes would still fly. Only a matter of time though before it started costing them, by then it would be too late.