Johnso;

This particular person was about...30? And had a steady girlfriend who is also working over there, I think they are planing to get married, no kids yet.

Obviously it's not for some, but if you want to be an 'airline pilot' and the US Majors are not hiring, and the RJ operators are parking 50 seaters and furloughing...well...where else are you going to go to get an "Airline Pilot" job?

Globalization is coming, that's not a "Fear Grenade", that's a (sad) fact. The only ones who can stop it work in DC. They get paid by A4A and lots of other lobby groups. ALPA gives them some money too, but not nearly enough to keep them from selling our jobs out, if/when the time comes for that.

Look back 30 years in this industry, now try to project what it -could- look like 30 years from now. How many legacy carriers were there then? How about now? How about 30 years from now?

Oh, and I've still got about 12 years until I turn 65, so today is hardly the 'end of my career'.

I'll be very surprised if things are not very different in this industry in the next 10 years. You however, have more to lose than I do, I've already lost my retirement and lots of pay. You may want to plan on that, by the time you are near the end of your career.

That's not meant as a fear grenade, that's meant as a wake up call.