Originally Posted by
rickair7777
If you're in your 20's or 30's, you won't hardly notice it. Would suck for older people who need to move a little further up the ladder but don't want to work after 65 themselves.
I remember looking up most junior captain at American in 2016. It was a ‘96 hire on the super 80 in LGA. Pretty sure someone hired at age 31 and not upgrading on an MD-80 while commuting to LaGuardia at 50 would notice.
Saying that won’t happen again sounds like Doug Parker saying the airlines won’t lose money again.
There are waves in aviation. Nothing is assured and today’s predictions are meaningless. Not to mention that some of these waves are already on the back end.