DayFlyer,

Your assessment of the hiring pool is accurate but I would bet a in 3/6/9 months it will look very different IF the majors continue to trend in the direction they are going with more new hires. In Baker's situation we know we will need 140+ pilots in '26 (we've probably hired a dozen or more to begin filling out the new plane arrivals). Add to that the normal attrition of pilots leaving for other positions, Baker will be in a hiring mode clearly for awhile....I would suspect as the '26 unfolds, conditions may very well see the very scenario you are hoping for...non-typed applicants being accepted but it is impossible to predict wheni/if that will occur.

Bottom line, apply regardless and continue to prove your worth with upgrade opportunities, ATP completion, etc. Good luck!