Originally Posted by terks43

Your martyrdom means nothing, it isn’t noble holding a line while nearly 500 of your “Colleagues” are kicked to the curb with bills to pay. Some of them with a mountain of student debt and a young family. It’s selfishness and not anywhere near as noble to throw your “brothers and sisters” to the wolves when it’s not just one company down but rather, and I do mean literally, the entire economy is on the verge of collapse not seen since the Great Depression. This isn’t a situation where these kids can go get a job at some 135 operator, or even indeed McDonalds. There isn’t anything out there for anybody. The music has stopped not just in the travel industry but across the entire economy. The prosperity is gone, and it’s not coming back anytime soon. If that sounds doom and gloom to you that’s because that’s exactly what this is.

You are living in something that will end up rivaling the Great Depression in terms of its long term impact. There is very little to be had in terms of jobs, and what little there is will have competition as if it where a spot at the big 3. Even that amazon warehouse job will have thousands of applicants for a handful of positions. So just know that by holding on to your imaginary line here you are dooming nearly 500 professional pilots to be thrown out into the employment crisis of the century.