Hey, it's not s o bad ? at least not as foreign contract pilot, I know your financial situation is less rosy on local contract.
The main problem for guys joining next Spring is not knowing if employment will continue beyond Oct. The last two Winters had a lot of uncertainty for junior ( & not so junior) pilots. For the 737 guys the problem is that I imagine airB will look for guys with either cash to pay rating + line tng, or will take guys rated but inexperienced so as to charge them for 300 hr line tng & then dump them on the market , with the other hundreds of guys /gals with minimum experience on type.
The excellent folk I flew with last year will almost certainly not be invited back, as the company can make money off someone else.
That is rather sad & shortsighted, but I cannot imagine them passing up a revenue source by taking the good guys back when new blood is enough + makes money.
BTW, what is the latest fleet-plan ? still minus 2x757 , maybe -4x 737 ? or any better news ?