Hey if that's what you need to say to yourself to cope with the situation I understand. But let's not delude ourselves into thinking there is some kind of silver lining at a company that's gone without a new contract for 8 years. The most likely conclusion is there will be shrinking and downgrades at Republic because they can't get FO's to staff the flying, like what's happening at Endeavor today, all in the midst of the "great hiring boom".

Let's face it, there are CFI's out there today who haven't been hired yet at an airline like PSA or TSA who will still be your Captain at mainline in the future.