The only way to be truly convinced that an ATO is suitable for you is to speak to the customers aka students on site away from the prying ears of management. You will be surprised how open and honest they tend to be. No management speak. Just simple plain unambiguous comments.
Have lunch in their canteen, sample the food. Never an easy task for the establishment to cater for a large school.
Is the Crystal Ball starting to become less opaque?
Vaccines by Easter 2021, assuming a following wind & full sails.
The summer 2021 a recovery begins. Those CR in 2020, begin to be welcomed back into the fold.
Bound to be some who took retirement slightly earlier than planned. Some who hated flying anyway and have found gainful employment elsewhere.
Junior Birdmen start to sense 2022 might just be the start of their apprenticeships.
A note of caution: I am often wrong about things........