BAD NEWS!!
I heard recently from a friend that work in COPA that the entire last group of FO's hired was laid off before start the ground course of B737, in total was 17 fired, they have been told that they would've been put in a special list to return at first need, although I've heard that COPA has hired around 6 panamenians for the FO's position. COPA also intend to reduce frequency and maybe cancel some of flights to Brazil due to the economical crisis that hits the country, I can't say if that is really the reason for these FO's been laid off or the union or some political issue put pressure on COPA staff to hire panamenians (even with almost none experience flight time).
Here in Brazil aviation labor market is stucked, TAM Airlines (major in the country) has been almost 2 years without hiring anyone, as well as other companies.