Originally Posted by KingAirKiddo

I've been a 121 pilot for 20 years, at 5 different airlines including Atlas. Been though furlough(s), cancelled upgrade classes, base closures, bankruptcy contracts, company failures, years of multi leg commutes to crash pad reserve, dangling carrots, dog and pony shows, 9-11, and so on. The disappointment is the only consistent throughout my career--which is exactly why I don't give a f_ck. Oh, I'm going to be furloughed (again) and have to work for a living? Oh, okay. Been there, done that...I ain't scared. But you know what? I want a profession that's worth a damn to come back to. So excuse me if I don't see fit to adopt some milquetoast, pussified take on (insert present crisis here). All in.