Originally Posted by
jumppilot
This reply is meant for everyone on this thread, but replying to yours.
History has shown us people who stick out the bad times are rewarded.
I had just earned my CFI in August 2001 - I was hired by a major in 2007.
People who stuck with flying during the 2008 recession were my First Officers in the years that followed.
Stick it out. A lot of people are going to get shaken out of aviation. It’ll make it all that much better for those who remain.
It took me 17(!) years to get from where the OP is now to where I am now.
He has my understanding just not my sympathy.
Put your big girl panties on son, welcome to the suck.