And it's still going to happen, even if it takes a 2-3 year delay (I'm confident they won't go beyond 68 and even if they did there would be so few takers it would be irrelevant).

A young-ish pilot who gets hired atbig three/FDX today will QUICKLY advance to very high seniority as a NB FO or decent seniority as a NB CA and then have a very lucrative and comfortable existence for many decades to come. You don't need an indefinite run of massive retirements, just enough to get YOU to a good spot where you can happily hang out for the long term. As opposed to languishing at the regionals and/or furloughs for a couple decades.

While the retirements slow down a bit later in the decade, they'll actually still continue at a pretty good clip (by historical standards) well into the 2030's.