Hi gents. Glass half full here.
Me and most friends are starting to get jobs, and callbacks from applications submitted months ago.
Vaccines are improving.
Medications are improving.
PCRs are way faster.
A system which works is going to come by soon, to travel regardless of Covid in origin and destination.
Perception, which is everything in the end, is improving.
There is a lot of savings waiting to be spent. More than in decades.
Saudi Arabia is investing a gazillion dollars in it's new airline.
FlyDubai is hiring.
Wizz is hiring.
Regionals in the US are giving thousands of dollars in retention bonds and cargo companies don't know where to find pilots anymore.
I say in less than 18 months, we all have jobs, or improved jobs, and going back to the sandpit will be just a choice, just like it used to be. Even more sandpit choices than before.
I believe EK is going to get a serious 380 captain bottleneck at some point, if they keep playing the holding pool game.
Good luck to all!