Originally Posted by
TheRaven
Getting some PIC before moving on is a good idea.....there were a lot of pilots furloughed from majors after 9/11 who had no PIC time and thus didn’t meet the minimums for lots of other great jobs. It seems inconceivable that those times could return, but on 9/10/01 it seemed equally inconceivable.
Not disagreeing with you, but how many mandatory retirements where there in the years following 9/11 through 2008?
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the vast majority of movement from the late 90's to the early 2000's come from economic growth and not retirements?