Does anyone have a future here?

Aviation; on a downhill trend since 1978 and the bottom is no where in sight. Most of the people on this forum have as much as 35 years ahead to edure this profession. Every new generation seems braced to accept even less than the former one. Every indutry slowdown rachets the bar even lower.

A successful stragety is to purse aviation as a hobby job. Even now most who are able to hang on have some sort of external support like a spouse with a good job, retirement from a former career or parents who bankroll their airline offsprings lifestye.

If anyone cares to look there are patterns in aviation. There is usually a combination of common factors that keep pilots in the seat. Fall outside of that and your career is over. It is my belief that most pilot advancement at the regionals is from pilots who have reached the end of the line only to learn that there is no major airline job for them. The regionals are turning over so fast that they are still young enough to quit and pursue other intrests outside of aviation.

There is a future but it is going to cost you.

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