You don't choose a carrier. You take the first one that gives you a job. If you're lucky enough to have multiple offers, take the one with the best progression to where you want to be based.
Ultimately aviation is a means to fund your lifestyle. Once you are married and have kids all your priorities change. Moving the family for the left seat isn't an option anymore. Neither is the six months of training to change type and probably move bases.
Right now the opposition is looking pretty good. However it wasn't long ago it was the reverse. Aviation is cyclic and this is no different.
Hang in there and enjoy your non flying life. As someone else said life's too short. Besides you have no control over the company fortunes anyway.
Last edited by The Green Goblin; 26th Aug 2017 at 13:14.