People have been saying things like that for years. It’s always a dicey move to start over and be on the bottom of a SL. One has to weight the long term economic viability of their current situation against whatever Job that hires them, as well as their happiness. One doesn’t typically try to escape a place where they’re happy and the career outlook is positive.

Delta and United (and UPS amongst the cargos) seem to currently be the industry front runners from a pilot career prospective. I would be hesitant to tell a someone looking for a 121 career to turn away from those companies, or even AA or potentially Alaska if they’re good matches for one’s life outside of work just because they’d have to start out at the bottom and a black swan event might happen.