It is a great place for this discussion, since you brought it up.

There is virtually a 100% chance that anyone going to AA starts out as a narrowbody FO, probably somewhere in the NE if I had to guess, and there are no guarantees that they get much further than that for the next few years.

You told everyone here that WB FOs at AA with nearly a decade on property are making narrowbody CA pay. That's great and all, but what does that do for someone looking to jump ship for AA in the near future when hiring resumes? A lot can change between now and even five years from now, and they may never see that by the time they get to WB FO.

If you don't believe that there are closed door conversations going on over at the big 3 over how to get labor costs back down after the post COVID boom, then you are extremely naive. They are coming for your money, sooner or later, but I suspect sooner.

Never underestimate the power of American greed. But who really knows, maybe I'm just jaded.

I'm young enough that I never got to experience the golden years of the 90s, but also old enough that my airline career hasn't resembled a trip to Disneyworld.