Guys,
some of you are under the impression that unemployed longhaul and jet pilots are priced out of the regional or budget airlines. If you are out of work and a job comes along then you take it. Any salary is better than none. If the smaller operators can choose between a 200 hr graduate or a 5000hr experienced and possibly type rated pilot for their operation, then no prizes for guessing who gets first refusal. Eventually as things pick up, the experienced pilot may move on leaving a space for the new boys. Thats the way it was,is now and will be. It is hard but operators will always pick the candidate who requires the least amount of training and costs the least amount to insure.Only when there are no more do the goalposts move.
I am facing the boot and can assure you that I will not hesitate to take a lower paid job even for a couple of years until things get better. If you are in employment in or out of aviation then be grateful.Many are not.