For pilots in the second half of thier careers it’s a little more difficult to leave for the bottom of a legacy right now. I wouldn’t characterize it as golden handcuffs but I definitely know where bolo is coming from. I’m closer to 50 then 40 and tried to leave for a legacy roughly 4 years ago with no luck. Checked all boxes, attended multiple job fairs, had several friends at DL and UAL recs. Met with chief pilots at DL and UAL. I have a 4 year and well over 10,000 hrs and no skeletons. After two years and several thousand hired younger than me at both it was time to take a break from the constant updates and job fairs. Thats when I decided to get involved and do everything I could to try and make f9 a place to hang my hat. After several years of that I’m probably going to update the logbook and start the process of leaving again. But I must say I’m not looking forward to it. At all. I’m probably to jaded and it’s going to be tough to put on a happy face. Not to mention we’re one day closer to the next recession and number 14,000, at DL or UAL won’t be a good place to be when that happens.