Gen X’ers from like 1998 on didn’t have an easy path either, and many of us didn’t hit the Major mark until 2015 because they all required turbine PIC, which may have been hard to come by after 9/11 and 2008. The hiring at this time is truly in unprecedented territory, and the lowest quals to get on with a major in my lifetime. We can’t choose when we were born, but I’m grateful for the pathfinders that came before us.