Let’s say they restart hiring in 2-3 years. Let’s say they want an ATP and 2500TT just to warm a right seat. Let’s say the bonuses are gone and the wages straight suck.

You will still have guys lined up down the street for those jobs. Between those with SJS and those who consider flying to be all they know, they will take those jobs.

As things slowly ramp up and the barriers to entry slowly return to ‘normal’, people will be so far removed from this catastrophe that they’ll throw their hat in the ring. The kids who were 17 when C19 hit will have absolutely no recollection of how it affected the industry, and will be eager to sit in the right seat of an RJ at 23.

Hate to say it, but this won’t change a damn thing at the bottom—there’s always fresh blood that’ll fly for damn near free.