Thanks for all the replies (optimistic and pessimistic). I appreciate it. My gut feel is that echoed by some of the guys... that it is the market that determines demand for new and inexperienced FOs. But surely this must change (admittedly with more pilots coming off the production line each year). Time will tell...but with more airlines moving away from turboprops towards jets, is this going to affect the type of person they recruit...or will the extra age and experince be viewed as a route to early captaincy and retention?
I guess know one knows at the moment