Yes. Every pilot should have an alternative plan (probably outside aviation) for employment, when, not if, times get tough again. If a pilot is willing to fly an Airbus for what Skybus is offering, they are destroying what so many of our predecessors have created for us; a career with an earnings potential rewarding all the years of hard work and money spent accumulating certificates, ratings, and experience.

I didn't choose this career for the money, but it is part of our compensation for being away from our families and every union pilot who has taken his or her final flight west is rolling over when they see those wages.

Think not of what you are doing to the profession today by accepting that job, think of what you are doing to the profession in the future.