There are still good gigs out there. Only luck and fortune telling will reveal if they will still be good, 1 year from now, 5 years from now or on your day of retirement.

I have jumpseated on NWA a bunch of times (and am grateful for the courtesy of their jumpseat), and I have observed that the morale is pretty low and the mistrust of Streeland and his band of merry man is pretty high. As a newhire at any airline, the length of the honeymoon period is strongly influenced by the atmosphere.

Just my two cents, your mileage may vary.

FF