Thanks a lot and that’s a great point - “Mongo just pawn in game of life” is a phrase will a lot of applicability to the industry’s inevitable cycles.
Beyond the roller coaster cycles, I’m also trying to be as prepared as possible for each step - there’s too many folks right now who get the opportunity of a lifetime at the regional of their choice (because times are good), only to have issues in training. I don’t want to end up there - I want to enjoy putting the work to have a great foundation and be as prepared as possible when it’s my time.
Thanks again, particular for raising the point about how there’s often just not much opportunity - regardless of an individual’s merit - when the inevitable bad times hit.
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ZeroTT
I’m gonna be a little cranky against the primary premise of the question, which I take as “yeah, anybody can get hired today but what about the day when they only take the really good people “
Airline hiring environments tend to be great or awful with little in between. Airlines have furloughed 20% of their workforce and not hired a single new pilot for years. Airlines fold and dump 1000 experienced pilots on the market. The rare civilian pilots who succeed in a really bad market do it mostly by being the one guy with connections and experience.
So I applaud your go-get-em-ness ... but don’t think you can bootstrap your way to success through any hiring environment. Doesn’t work that way.