Don't remember the dark days of the 1990's? OK, history lesson:
1991- The Gulf War ends and military does drawdowns and floods the market with thousands of pilots.
1991- Eastern Airlines goes out of business and floods the market with thousands of pilots.
1991- Pan Am goes out of business and floods the market with thousands of pilots.
1992-1994- Nearly every other Major, National, and Regional airline furloughs pilots and they flood the market with thousands more pilots, too.
1994- Regional Airlines, a.k.a "the commuters", that used to hire pilots at 1000 hours TT/100 ME, requirements went up to 1500/500, then 2500/500, 4000/1000, then with the pilot glut required pilots to pay $19,000 for their own training and hotels during training, all for a $16000/yr. job.
It was during this time that pilots were often called "a dime a dozen", and in the lower levels of aviation.."do it or you're fired".
The very bad joke at the time is when one saw a person begging, they would ask "I wonder whose seniority list they are on"... It was during these times that airlines took advantage of pilots and other aviation workers addicted to the aviation "dream", and today in 2019, one of the last bastions of this poor pay, treatment, and QOL in these otherwise bright, happy, and hopeful days in aviation is on NW 36th street at KMIA.
Thus, my quote from my previous post.. "There, you can experience Pay, QOL, safety, and work rules like its 1993. Kind of a time machine into a sad past in aviation."
Remember now?
