It really is wild to see. I'm not even talking old man stuff here "back in my day" etc. As recently as 2019 I think there's at least a few that would have killed someone (if they thought they could get away with it) to have a job at a legacy. 2016 was the same but to an even greater extent. A guy at my regional in 2013 got hired at age 35 at United and it was like...an enormous, monumental event. Tons of people from the base, pilots and flight attendants alike were congratulating this guy and leaving notes and cards in his V file. You pounded the pavement hard, made all the rounds at WIA, fast passes, career fairs, shelled out thousands on interview prep, bought $600 brief cases to show up to their interviews with. I'm not complaining, ultimately it is good that the pendulum has swung and managements have to fight for pilots for a change. My feelings are just more amazement. Now you can get hired at age 25 at Delta and at the time in your life where you don't have a spouse and kids and tons of obligations go be NYC based and make captain pay after you've been on property for a year. But if the 737 is in the drop then they write about it in their new book titled: