Originally Posted by SkyHigh

I know a lot of people in business who were airline pilots at some point. The first guy I met like that was my insurance agent. I was flying for a regional at the time and he told me he was a furloughed UAL pilot who never went back. I couldn't understand why anyone would do that. As an older person now I understand. There are alternatives out there and they are not all that bad. Airline pilots usually drop out of aviation and melt back into the public never to mention their flying past. They usually end up owning a business of some kind. It's a common story.