Ed and others, redundancy programs tend to target the high earners, close to retirement as it suits the companies to retire a high seniority, high earner and promote a baby Captain to replace him at bottom scale and everyone else moves up the ladder one notch. That makes room for newbies like you. This is a good business model that has prevailed since Icarus.
Of course the senior pilots targeted will claim "LIFO" until the offer meets their expectations. Most of the time this system works to to each stake holders mutual benefit. Sometimes of course it does not.
You are in a strong position because you are the future and for a while you will be cheap.
The safest place to be is in the middle. The people at the top scale have their heads above the parapet and the people at the bottom have their ar*se hanging out the window! Get in early on a recruitment drive. Try to survive the savagery of initial cullings until you make the middle. Once there enjoy a couple of decades of immunity before you head rises above the parapit.
The world needs oil. Lots of it. And a significant amount is offshore. Be patient and it will happen provide of course you can fool the psycho tests and you remain healthy.
Ignore the doomsayers! They speak with forked tongues.