Originally Posted by
moonraker9
With all the hiring all the majors are doing now is there any hope for someone who just started or is about to start and won't be able to interview at a major for 2-4 years? Feels like the boat is sailing away. If you're lucky you might get to be the junior guy at a major for most of your career if that's when you join 3-4 years from now.
If you’re just starting out, don’t think that you’ll be marketable and at a major that fast. It could happen, but you’d be the lucky exception. There are no guarantees. If you want to do this, then commit to doing the work and just do it. You might spend 5 years in the regionals, you might spend 10, you might never get a call, or blow your one interview chance. It’s just the way it is. There are plenty of people who serve 20 year careers in the military and then go on to have lucrative careers with the airlines. Don’t think that 5-10 years in the regionals is too much of a burden. Some get lucky, but there is no easy or quick path to getting hired at a company that you want to retire from. If you want to do this, just commit to doing the work and don’t slack up until you are where you want to be.