good reason for the lack of 2-7 (think its closer to 2-4) year FO shortage a good chunk of it has to do with the furloughs, when 80 people left the company just over a year ago, almost none came back...why? Most had other jobs within a week, several friends said "i was furloughed for all of 2 days" and the jobs they got gave them much better QOL than a TSA FO whether that was corporate or other 121 gigs.

The way the company is currently running things they're running out of options quickly. They've lowered hiring minimums as low as they can go, they've lowered captain minimums as long as they can go, bonuses probably won't do much to try to steal pilots from other airlines as no one would bite at them. The guys with 250 hrs are going to use this place as a stepping stone, because even though they're @ the airlines, they'll be marketable to greener pastures as soon as IOE is complete. Things are gonna have to change at this place, or it's going to bury itself, and management won't even see it coming.