Recession? Maybe. But, keep in mind, without my sounding too dramatic: the largest airline pilot retirement wave in civil aviation history is just getting started. This has totally caught the idiot AF management off guard. I mean, who could have seen this coming
? Recession or not, the airlines will have to continue hiring.
As others have typed, if you haven’t started saving, you are way behind. If you delay the airline job 5 more years, you are giving up oodles of seniority, mountains of cash and QOL.
Good luck to you.