A great mix of crew actually, that's what's really is new (and that you felt in the GVA crewroom).
If you want a unionised job where you wait your turn for 20 years like a good little comrade then join a big airline.
Realistically whoever is number 800-950 today has been in the company 2 years or pretty much. Even with a return to normality (not the crazy expansion we had), chances are that number 950 will get a command after 10 years in NJE... On a small cabin like a Bravo (or whatever it will be by then).
As for a command in 20 years with a legacy... Depends but I would say it usually goes to 15 max years unless you bid for a very specific type/fleet. A very personal choice in that case.
Then what is better ? Be an FO with a yearly improvement on his salary, a real pension and a laid down policies which don't change willy nilly.
Or 8 years to become PIC on a Bravo ? With by then an entry salary as a captain inferior to your colleagues when they moved in the LHS a year, 2 years or 3 years before you ?
Bear in mind that a Captain's salary is only adjusted by the inflation rate starting when you become one.
So 95Ks it was 4 years ago and it will remain until you upgrade.
Imagine what has become to your purchasing power over an 8 years period (my example).
Sorry not preaching, just saying.
Wishing you an early recall.