Originally Posted by
cezzna
I’ve got 30 years in this career and am still employed. At age 53 I’m signing up for online classes to get a nursing degree. I’m afraid most of us won’t have a choice. I’m not optimistic about my chances of retiring a pilot. I think the grand haircut is beginning. Good luck all!
Originally Posted by
domino
I’ll take the name also. UA just said they don’t see flying coming back for years and are planning accordingly. Game over.
It's absolutely commendable what you guys are doing to diversify, but........why such extreme negativity?
Sure, we are in a rough patch now, and likely will be for a few/several more months in all likelihood, but people WILL come back roaring to travel. Especially since they are mad as hell they've been homebound for so long, and because the economy was on fire just 2 months ago.
Not to mention all these retirements for the next decade will still be happening. On the other hand, there were very few retirements during the lost decade, not to mention age 65 stagnation on top of that.