Them? Me? Same category.

Point is, you have as much "leadership" experience flying an airplane as you do in a ROPS, or a SOPS.

For Mr Negative, I know a lot of people who planned on making the military a career and were forced to pack up their toys and go play somewhere else. The same can be said for a pilot. If you get furloughed, you're more than welcome to get a middle management supply chain management job like everyone else. Airlines aren't the worst job in the whole world. People lose their jobs. There's downsizing. It happens. That's what capitalism is all about. You don't like it, feel free to apply to work in a warehouse or selling medical supplies.