Originally Posted by Excargodog

Mandatory age related retirements at the legacy airlines will generally increase from their already high levels every year until they peak in 2022-2023. Anyone NOT applying to those airlines as soon as they have those airlines current minimums (or even a little less) and placidly waiting for seven (or even five) years for flow to take them there is AT BEST going to be years of seniority behind smarter people who hustle, assuming the legacies then aren't so bewildered by the person's lack of motivation they don't refuse to take him at all.

Get what you need to be competitive wherever you can with as little cost to your QOL as possible and move on.