I’ve never liked extremes, but another thing to consider is seniority progression. Wasn’t that our selling point over the other two?. I know the sky ain’t falling and everything is cyclical, but I’m sure 6-12 months of no classes while the other two have classes will equalize things quite a bit.
Still a great job/career? Absolutely. Living in base? Don’t look back, easy choice. But our management needs to put their sh*t together, yesterday.
At the same time I kinda appreciate if they’re being proactive with hiring freezes and letting retirements take care of the “issue”, rather than hire no matter what and then oh sorry gotta furlough.