There has been a decent amount of hiring over the last couple of years. As far as last decade, why even join an industry that you knew was stagnant and carried 6-10 year upgrade if you're just going to complain about it? I left the industry after somebody flew an airplane into a building and increased my QOL by avoiding the dreaded decade. A lot of the recent RAH hiring has not been because of upgrades but because of FO's leaving for majors so why does upgrade time even matter? TPIC is a dinosaur requirement. I'm not against RAH getting a contract, I'm just poking fun at how the whole industry works in a trolling/sarcastic kind of way.