Agreed. From my perspective any of the ME 2+0.5+0.5 are the same. I remember this forum buzzing with people changing jerseys both ways as the conditions are made progressively worse at uneven pace.
Add KAL, Hainan group, Bamboo, Scoot...to the mix, there will be an opportunity when the gloom phase change to boom. Although the Persian gulf zone might actually be saturated.
Whereas in one airline you are better secured waiting for but one opportunity.
The relevant reading is Airbus' Market Forecast document for 2022-2040.
Though it's another sentence in your fine post that deserves the most attention:
what the OP wishes to do with his life. If he wishes to fly a WB
I take it out of context deliberately so the young talents can understand the hard core meaning, when written exactly this way.
It doesn't say 'if you dream to build your career to a WB LHS at a five-star airline'. Very different.