Originally Posted by Mason32

You are trying to close the door after the horse's have all run away...

Mainline job? There aren't any. They aren't hiring. They have retirements just as they always have been, but they are also shrinking because they know all the growth will be at "regional" and "nationals"... doesn't matter if they use 20 years experience, or 10,000 hours flight time... there has to be a job for them to hire, and the proliferation of people willing to fly transport category jets for peanuts has ruled out any possibility of there being mainline growth. If there is a Mass retirement when the age 60 folks hit 65, there may be some hiring, but nowhere near enough for all the ME generation to get "their" seat.