Originally Posted by TransWorld

Majors hiring at all time record rates. And you all are nervous you will not find a job?

The environment will change. They may be few regionals left. Where will the majors hire from?

Before the days of regionals existing the majors hired directly. I know you and others may not believe it, but they did. I remember it well. Part of the purpose of the jump seat was for someone to observe and get instructions from the Captain. In addition to ground school, the majors today have an advantage of simulators. They can be intensified.

Back in the days of the Connie, there were no simulators for the general new pilots. I know, impossible to believe. Even the Apollo spacecraft that landed on the moon was engineering without electronic computers. Slide rules and people were calculators. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wfrDhgUMGI