I also disagree. You don't know what a pilot has gone through until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Lots of guys have been at "career" airlines that went under. Remember TWA? Pan Am? Eastern? Braniff? Continental? Those were all prime career airlines that either through strikes or bankruptcy went south.

Where did those pilots go if no one was hiring? World, North American, Omni, Kalitta...places like that. Then a big hiring wave starts (Today) and those guys are too old or too experienced to get a look from the current Majors.

Your comment is pretty typical of someone who is relatively inexperienced in the airline business and reflects "major airline hubris." The majors aren't the be all and end all for everyone. Lots of people are perfectly happy flying freight, corporate, fractional. Granted the Majors are the golden ring for pay, but there are a whole lot of guys who don't worship at the altar of the almighty buck.