Originally Posted by Oldfreightdawg

In 1982 (I know that's a long ago) I had a brand new commercial/instrument ticket. Interest rates were 16%, unemployment was 10%, and it seemed like the whole world was on furlough. You couldn't even find a job in the right seat of c-150 as a flight instructor--because all the furloughed airline guys held those jobs. People laughed when I told them I wanted to be an airline pilot. By 1986 all that had change. The more things change, the more they remain the same...