These problems have been going for as long as pilots have been flying. I stopped back in the 1970s. While Viet Nam was winding down we got hit with the Oil Embargo. Pilot's were willing to work at anything. One friend was a former F4 Recon pilot and a Convair pilot for Texas International. Laid off went a long time working at Payless Shoes. He finally got a job flying a wheat farmer around in a Cherokee Six for three dollars an hour. After my third airline went broke I gave it up, not willing to work like that. Law has been much more stable and lucrative. I did miss the flying but thats life.