Denti - What you say is probably true of pilots who have done an approved course of training at a recognised training establishment, cadet schemes, paid for by the airline, are particularly valued in 'The Market'. The hard part will be getting any hours/age limitations, ( called 'warranties' in the insurance world), removed from existing air carriers policies and they apply to all US carriers now. Getting a warranty removed from a policy is the hard part, believe me, in my short experience in the London market, many moons ago, I have tried!
Derfred - Hope you are right. When a major carrier announces redundancies historically 10% will be from the flight deck, that rule of thumb meant that 300 was on the 'good' side. What I heard was that about 200 would be voluntary or natural and 100 would be given notice, nothing to do with unsubstantiated gossip!
