I heard the same thing while at SWA…and it was stagnant, because there are only two options: 737 CA or 737 FO. Geography certainly effects it as well (hello ATL)

After 9 years I went to Delta, mostly for QOL.
Obviously geography is important here too, our last category bid was in June (AE) NYC 737A went to a person 1 year on property. But, it’s those options that make it interesting.

I was part of the super class, 107 new hires. Avg age was 36. Quite a large range of ages, and for some of that older crowd they just want a semi-retirement job.

It’s always good to take seniority effects into consideration, such as the breakneck hiring SWA has been doing (of mostly 20-something’s.)