Might eventually see a 3,000 strong pilot group after all...[/QUOTE]

Only 18 years late. lol- Still remember Ken Maze and Bill Beale saying "3000 by the year 2000" many, many times. 10 years of stagnation is something we can never get back. Luck of the draw as Airline careers go.

The one's getting hired today will have the total opposite; a stellar career. And I mean Stellar.