So how do you mentor the guys for whom this is first time? Tell em it'll all be ok?
The last two times around were roughly 20%. This is worse than that. So, things can change but if one is in the bottom 20-30%, one should be concerned. As far as how to prepare, that’s up for each individual/family to sort out, isn’t it? All I can do in the left seat is keep buying the FNGs beers on layovers and work through ALPA channels to try to make sure they don’t get severely crapped on like the 2172 and the 1437 did.