Originally Posted by CaptainNameless

Well, you're getting closer. But still not quite comprehending 100%. No new people getting into aviation are going to accept "not starving" as an acceptable stage in the career because it has become the state of the career, not just a stage on the way to something better, and what has happened is that this is indeed the highest level for a regional pilot these days, the lies of good career progression and the pot of gold are dead.

No one will bother to "not starve" for any number of years any more because they can't see anything beyond the time spent "not starving." That is not even close to repairing the problem of the death of career hopes. They gutted the idea of a career at a major. No one is going to go to flight school hoping to not starve until the dream is reached, when every obvious indication is telling you, you will not get there.

If only it were a few bucks to FOs that could fix this. The entire career has been wrecked... get it? Not the first few years.... the entire career path has been made into a wasteland.