Originally Posted by 3GRNDWN

When I used to fly for the regionals, I met a pilot who never resigned from the left-seat at said regional airline when he was hired by Delta in 2001. By his own admission, he reported for new-hire training at Delta on September 11th while using his vacation days. His plan was to give his two weeks notice after he got paid for his vacation days. The events of 9/11 that morning put everyone in his Delta new hire class on the street by that afternoon. Without saying anything, he just went back to work in the left-seat of a RJ while everyone else in his new-hire class was on the street looking for a job.

He said that move was one of the smartest things he has ever done for his career.